Saturday, 23 November 2024
Textile
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'Troubles in Ballymoney', by Lorna Skelton. (Photo: Deborah Stockdale)
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| Title of Textile: | Troubles in Ballymoney |
| Maker: | Lorna Skelton, Fab Femmes, Ballymoney |
| Country of Origin: | Northern Ireland |
| Year Produced: | 2013 |
| Size (cm): | 30cm x 50cm |
| Materials: | A mixture of natural and man made fabrics on a natural fabric backing |
| Type of Textile: | Arpillera |
| Description: | In this arpillera, Lorna, through her image of a burning building, depicts the impact and aftermath of the Ballymoney van bomb in 1972, detonated by the IRA: “A small wool shop which I would often have been in with my Mother was blown up. My arpillera is of a building that burned during that time.”
Lorna sewed this arpillera in one of the workshops that took place as part of the associated activities during the exhibition Stitching and Unstitching the Troubles I and II, 2012/2013. |
| Owner: | Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council Museum Collection |
| Location: | Coleraine Museum, Northern Ireland |
| 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. (HM0724) |
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