Original Format |
Photograph (digital) |
Physical Dimensions |
1000 x 983 pixels |
Photographer |
WAVE trauma centre Archive |
Story Title |
'Quilt of Remembrance' |
Story Available |
Yes |
Story Format |
Still image and accompanying story. |
Identity Provided? |
No |
Interviewee Pseudonym |
WAVE Trauma Centre participants |
Published Format |
Photograph |
Original Format |
Textile |
Artist |
Irene MacWilliam |
Country |
Northern Ireland |
Year Made |
1996 |
Materials |
Pieces of red scrap textiles sewn onto a dark backing fabric made up of four long strips. |
Physical Size |
2.3 metres x 1.5 metres |
Owner |
Irene MacWilliam |
Location current |
Northern Ireland |
Original |
Original |
Exhibition Events |
The textile piece has appeared in a number of exhibitions including: “The Art of Survival: International and Irish Quilts” Derry, Northern Ireland, 2008. “The Human Cost of War” London, England, 2009; Derry, Northern Ireland, 2011. “The Art of Survival” Hamburg, Germany, 2012. “Stitching and Unstitching the Troubles” Coleraine, Northern Ireland, 2012, Ballymena, Northern Ireland, 2013. “Textile Accounts of Conflicts- An exhibition of textiles and associated memorabilia” as part of the International Conference Accounts of the Conflict: Digitally Archiving Stories for Peacebuilding, hosted by INCORE (International Conflict Research Institute), University of Ulster, in Belfast, 2014 and in the Linenhall library, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2015. “COSIENDO PAZ: Conflicto, Arpilleras, Memoria/STITCHING PEACE: Conflict, Arpilleras, Memory - An exhibition of arpilleras and other textiles hosted by three Basque Country organisations” Gernika, Balmaseda and Donostia, Basque Country, 2015/2016. |
Photographer |
Martin Melaugh |
Author |
Irene MacWilliam, with Roberta Bacic (curator) |
Publication Title |
'Peace Quilt - Common Loss' |
Publication Status |
Unpublished |
Number of Pages |
1 |
Original Format |
Photograph (digital) |
Physical Dimensions |
2000 x 1286 pixels |
Photographer |
Martin Melaugh |
Story Title |
'Peace Quilt - Common Loss' |
Story Available |
Yes |
Story Format |
Still image and accompanying story. |
Interviewee Surname |
MacWilliam |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Irene |
Interviewee Gender |
Female |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Status |
Civilian |
Published Format |
Photograph |
Original Format |
Textile |
Artist |
Sonia Copeland |
Country |
Northern Ireland |
Year Made |
2009 |
Materials |
Scraps of materials hand sewn onto burlap backing and digital photo transfer. |
Physical Size |
0.56 metres x 0.45 metres |
Owner |
Sonia Copeland |
Location current |
Northern Ireland |
Original |
Original |
Exhibition Events |
The textile piece has appeared in a number of exhibitions including: “TESTIMONIAL SCRAPS: arpilleras from Chile and other parts of the world,” Buenos Aires, Argentine, 2013. “Stitching Resistance: Narratives of Daily Life in Chilean Arpilleras” Osaka, Japan, 2010. “Arpilleras and the Poetry of Survival” Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2011. “The Human Cost of War” London, England, 2009; Derry, Northern Ireland, 2011. “The Art of Survival – the way societies deal with political violence” Hamburg, Germany, 2012. “Stitching and Unstitching the Troubles” Coleraine, Northern Ireland, 2012; Ballymena, Northern Ireland, 2013. “Arpilleras in contested spaces”. As part of the Third International Visual Methods Conference (IVMC3): Visual Methods in Mediated Environments: Connecting Diverse Worlds, Wellington, New Zealand, 2013. “Threads of Life: Quilts and arpilleras that speak out” Liverpool, England, 2009. |
Photographer |
Martin Melaugh |
Author |
Sonia Copeland, with Roberta Bacic |
Publication Title |
'No going back' |
Publication Status |
Unpublished |
Number of Pages |
1 |
Original Format |
Photograph (digital) |
Physical Dimensions |
1643 x 1303 pixels |
Photographer |
Martin Melaugh |
Story Title |
'No going back' |
Story Available |
Yes |
Story Format |
Still image (JPEG), and accompanying story (Text) |
Interviewee Surname |
Copeland |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Sonia |
Interviewee Gender |
Female |
Religion |
Protestant |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Occupation during conflict |
Former member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) |
Status |
Former member of the security forces |
Published Format |
Photograph |
Original Format |
Textile |
Themes/Topics Mentioned |
Northern Ireland conflict |
Dates Mentioned |
2009 |
Places Mentioned |
Belfast |
Specific Deaths Mentioned |
Patrick Azimkar (7 March 2009); Mark Quinsey (7 March 2009); Stephen Carroll (9 March 2009). |