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Making Meaning

Ruth Singer

Making Meaning is a podcast exploring the meaning behind what we make. Artist Ruth Singer talks to creative people about why they make and create. Ruth loves finding out how artists, writers...

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#62: Reading & Writing

A few weeks ago someone told me that she didn't know I had written several books, so I realised I don't talk enough about my writing! The po...

32:18May 30, 2026

#61: Accomplishments and Imagined Mementoes

This week's episode is about the new body of work I made for Mary Linwood; Art, Stitch & Lift exhibition . Alongside researching, curating a...

52:47Apr 22, 2026

#60: Reflections on Mary Linwood

Making Meaning is back with a new series. It's almost five years since I started making this podcast and this is series 6. In this episode I...

32:21Apr 8, 2026

#59: Making Meaning with Rachel Whitworth

In this episode I'm talking to Rachel Whitworth, the curator of Fashion and Textiles at The Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle. Find out about t...

36:39Nov 9, 2025

#58: Making Meaning with Emily Jo Gibbs

I'm so pleased to share this conversation with Emily Jo Gibbs, a fantastic textile maker who I have admired for many years. It won't surpris...

01:01:55Oct 11, 2025

#57: Making Meaning with Jayne Emerson

In this episode I'm talking to the brilliant creative textile designer Jayne Emerson, known to many of you as the creator of the No Rules Te...

57:13Sep 27, 2025

#56: Making Meaning with Heidi Strobel

Dr Heidi Strobel is my guest in episode 56 about Mary Linwood. Heidi joined me from The University of North Texas, USA where she is is Profe...

01:05:15Sep 13, 2025

#54: Making Meaning with Dr Isabella Rosner

This episode is more of the summer of stitch series, this time with the brilliant Dr Isabella Rosner, Royal School of Needlework curator, po...

01:08:17Aug 31, 2025

#53: Making Meaning with Jennifer Collier

Continuing with the summer of stitch theme, in this podcast episode I am talking to the brilliant maker Jennifer Collier, who makes amazing...

01:07:47Aug 2, 2025

#52: Making Meaning with Wendy Ward

Wendy Ward - researcher, maker and campaigner around clothes, sustainability and emotional connection to the things we wear. Wendy is a PhD...

01:09:38Jul 19, 2025

#48: Making Meaning with Deb McGuire

In this series I'm exploring textile making and the many complex meanings around textile making practice. This episode is the first of a two...

47:55Jun 22, 2025

#47: Making Meaning with Jayne Childs

It's been a while, but Making Meaning is back! This series will be full of conversations about textile making and meaning. This episode is w...

59:43May 25, 2025

#46: Making Meaning - Textiles and Care

Series Five of Making Meaning is here. A lot of this series will be focussing on textiles, although there will be some other stories, conver...

50:01Feb 2, 2025

#45: Making Meaning - Mary Linwood and Me

This short episode is a brief introduction to my research project about 18th century embroidery artist Mary Linwood. The episode includes a...

09:52Nov 24, 2024

#44: Making Meaning - Productivity and care

This podcast is again from my Cultures of Care Group and in a change to the usual, it includes the group discussion as well as my talk, whic...

01:20:45Oct 13, 2024