| Irene
MacWilliam
Year
and Peace Quilts
   
Panels from some of my Events of the Year Quilts
The 27 Events of the Year quilts are now in the Permanent Collection
of the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra, Holywood, Northern
Ireland. https://www.nmni.com/our-museums/ulster-folk-museum/home.aspxs
Since 1986 I have been making Events of the Year hangings. My
last hanging in the series was Events of 2012 I have not yet photographed
it!!! I just got fed up making them, too many panels of conflict,
forest fires, earthquakes etc.
Each quilt portrays 19 events, the 20th panel shows the
year. The hangings measure 216 x 140cms. Each quilt has an accompanying
file of newspaper cuttings.
Year and Peace Quilts have been shown in solo exhibitions at
Quilts UK, England 1996, Irish Linen Centre, Lisburn
Museum 1996, Festival of Quilts, Birmingham
2004, Armagh County Museum 2005; together with
a retrospective show of my work. In 2012 26 year quilts, curated
by Roberta Bacic, were shown in Tower Museum, Londonderry/Derry
Northern Ireland and Donegal County Museum, High Road, Letterkenny,
Ireland. .
The 27 Events of the Year quilts are now in the Permanent Collection
of the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra, Holywood, Northern
Ireland. https://www.nmni.com/our-museums/ulster-folk-museum/home.aspx
Click year to see image
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2012 ... I
have been lazy and so no photos
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Other hangings related to my year quilts are Children
on the Edge ----- The Disappeared -----
Global Warming ----- Japanese
Earthquake ----- life Goes On -----
Lost Children of War -----
Peace Quilts
Peace Quilt 1
is made of 4 panels that contain 3116 pieces of red fabric.
Each piece represents someone killed in The Troubles in Northern
Ireland between 1969-1994.
Peace Quilt 2
uses morse code and semaphore in a plea for Peace.
Peace
Quilt 1 ---- 230 x 150 cms
SOLD to the Ulster Museum
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