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FundingVISUAL ARTIST FUNDING: CANADA COUNCIL of the ARTS January 2001CENTRE FOR IMAGE, PERFORMANCE AND TEXT, University of Wollongong 2002CANADIAN HIGH COMMISSION, Canberra, ACT 2004CORRYMEELA 2007 and 2008COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL, BELFAST 2008 |
NeedleworkFlax farming and linen manufacturing were iconic to the industrialisation of the North of Ireland, particularly in the eighteenth century. A handkerchief is a sign of grieving and hankies were traditionally exchanged between loved ones as heartfelt goodbye gifts. You can watch: Prof. Rev. James Haire's fascinating and informative opening speech for the Linen Memorial which describes the relevance of linen to Northern Ireland. The hand embroidery of the names was completed
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| Allen, Edith | Anderson, Barbara |
| Arney, Suzanne Smith | Barman, Margaret |
| Benson, Nerida Richmond | Bernett, Kathy |
| Boni, Maria | Bovard, Julia |
| Colleary, Máirín | Cunningham, Jo Lynn |
| Damon, Margot | Duffy-Biro, Jean |
| Ferguson, Glenys (Richmond) | Garofalo, Gen |
| Gillick, Marjorie | Gobold, Ann |
| Grealis, Bridget | Kim Bear |
| Malia, Jim, Julia and Sarah | Manwaring, Lyn |
| McCormick, Patricia | McFadden, Rosaleen |
| McRobb, Jan | Miller, Hanne |
| Molloy, Janet | Morriott, Edith |
| Morris, Jane | Murphy, Lizz |
| Osborne, Jean | Read, Joy |
| Readdick, Christine | Reid, Sheila |
| Russell, Janet | Steele, Connie |
| Sterling, Jan | Spielman, Lucy McCarthy |
| Trouton, Maureen | Tenant, Alex |
| Whyte, Judy | Young, Jennifer |
Thank you to:
Friends of Corrymeela, Ballycastle, Northern Ireland
Friends of Ireland, Canberra, ACT, Australia
U.K. Embroiderers’ Guild, Birmingham, England
The Irish Society, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
USA Global Volunteers to Corrymeela Community, Ballycastle, June 2008
USA Groves Conference on the Family,
N. Ireland tour 2008 - trauma in community.
N. Ireland tour 2008 - trauma in community.
Yass Public Library, NSW, Australia.
Linens
Linens is a 10 minute DVD created from 2005 documentary footage of a Sydney-based “bedroom” conversation (March 2005) between Mrs. Margaret Barman, Australia (migrated from Omagh 1957) and Mrs. Maureen Trouton, Canada (migrated from Belfast 1970) – Produced by Lycia Trouton and directed, edited by storytelling and documentary film professional, Len Glasser of Lensvision, NSW, Australia and NYC.
Artistic precedents for large-scale public needlework projects:
For example,
wartime quilts
and the contemporary
Ribbon-Around-the-Pentagon organised by
Justine Merritt;
The Crystal Quilt
directed by Suzanne Lacy,
USA, mid-1980s;
The Dinner Party
by sculptor
Judy Chicago, USA, 1970s, and The Parliamentary House Embroidery : Embroiderers' Guilds
of Australia, 1988; Goldsmiths
Prof.
Janet
Jefferies
and the
'textile arts' fence at Greenham Common, 1984;
Roses-from-the-Heart, the 2007 Australian bonnet project by artist
Christina Henri, MCA, commemorating the passage of women convicts.
Saidie Patterson, Belfast Peace Activist
well-known for her work with
mixed communities
of working-class women, first female
Linen & Textiles Trade Unionist,
Saidie Patterson
(1906 - 1985).
