Ruth Holt MSDC
Woven Textiles
Ruth is a weaver for whom textiles had always been part of her life. After a career as an academic dentist the opportunity to enter Art School as a mature student was life changing and immensely rewarding and the choice of textiles and weaving as a design direction was a natural evolution. She works with silk and with wool yarns, dyeing silk warps using simple ikat methods to achieve shifting nuances of colour. She loves the complex weave structures made easy by her 24 shaft loom but often returns to plain and twill weave structures to find an elegant simplicity that highlights yarn qualities and colour. Ruth’s designs grow from a response to her surroundings, Suffolk landscapes and gardens in the changing seasons offer a kaleidoscope of colour, other sources include the wilder landscapes of Orkney with their deep sense of narrative and history. Although she principally makes scarves and stoles her most recent work includes installations and wall pieces, works that allow a more direct artistic response.
Education
- 2010-2012 Royal College of Art, MA Textiles 2012,
- 2007-2010 Central Saint Martins, BA (Hons) Textile Design, School of Art & Design
- 2006-2007 Central Saint Martins (Diploma in Foundation studies with Distinction)
- EXHIBITIONS
- 2020, 2022 Loft Gallery, Orkney, Solo Shows
- 2019 Suffolk Craft Society Meet the Makers Show Lavenham
- 2017 Shipyard Gallery Wivenhoe, Christmas Cornucopia
- 2016 Scottish Gallery Christmas Show
- 2013-2023 Suffolk Craft Society Shows
- 2012 Show 2012, Royal College of Art
- 2010 Final Degree show, Central Saint Martins School of Art & Design
Prizes & Awards
2011 -Royal College of Art: Project and Observational Drawing Prizewinner. MA Dissertation Pass with Distinction.
Elected Member of Societies
- Liveryman, Worshipful Company of Broderers
- Liveryman, Society of Apothecaries
Related Activities
- Member of Volunteer Broderers Norwich Cathedral
- Committee Member Suffolk Craft Society
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