Wednesday, 28 October 2026
Textile
Details
'Untitled', by Sandra Pendon. (Photo: Deborah Stockdale)
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| Title of Textile: | Untitled |
| Maker: | Sandra Pendon |
| Country of Origin: | Northern Ireland |
| Year Produced: | 2013 |
| Size (cm): | 46x31 (75x68) cm |
| Materials: | A mixture of natural and man made fabrics on a natural fabric backing |
| Type of Textile: | Arpillera |
| Description: | In this arpillera we are drawn into a scene all too familiar during The Troubles; a vehicle in flames surrounded by soldiers with an army helicopter hovering overhead.
Car bombs were used throughout The Troubles period and caused death and destruction. In 1973 a car bomb on Railway Road in Coleraine killed six pensioners and injured thirty three others. In 1992 a van bomb exploded in Coleraine Town Centre; although no one was killed, it caused vast damage. Other car or van bombs were exploded in this area including in Ballymoney and Garvagh.
Sandra stitched this arpillera during workshops linked to the exhibition Stitching and Unstitching the Troubles I and II, 2012/2013
In these weekly workshops, women had the opportunity through the medium of textile, to explore and record their memories of this tumultuous period in Northern Ireland; The Troubles. |
| Owner: | Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council Museum Collection. |
| Location: | c/o Irene Pouliassi |
| Original / Replica: | Original |
| Photographer: | Deborah Stockdale |
| Provenance: | Produced in Conflict Textile facilitated workshops, as part of "Stitching and Unstitching The Troubles" phase 1 & 2, 2012/2013. Held in storage for owner. (HM0724). |
| Textile exhibited at: |
Stitching and Unstitching The Troubles-phase 2, 13/04/2013 - 29/06/2013
Stitching and Unstitching The Troubles II, 6/12/2013 - 22/02/2014
TRAVELLING TAPESTRIES: STORIES OF THE CHILEAN ARPILLERAS, 10/03/2016 - 11/03/2016
Stitched Voices / Lleisiau wedi eu Pwytho, 25/03/2017 - 13/05/2017
Stitched Voices: Knowing conflict through textiles, 17/11/2017 - 20/12/2017
Stitched Voices - textila berättelse om politisk våld och motstånd , 29/08/2018 - 21/04/2019
The Good Friday Agreement: Work in Progress, 12/04/2023 - 16/04/2023
Connecting Ties: A Transatlantic Friendship and the Northern Ireland Peace Process, 17/11/2023 - 13/03/2024
Conflict Textiles @ Special Collections & Archives, 15/01/2025 - 19/03/2025
Aftershocks: The sensory afterlives of violence, 13/04/2026 - 13/05/2026
The Silent Vocal Language of Textiles, 18/09/2026 - 2/10/2026
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