Bláthanna Fiáin - Tomás Ó Daltúin
An rud a fhanann liom go láidir ó mo chónaitheacht ar Oileán Chléire ná an t-am a chaith mé sa nádúr - an t-am a chaith mé ag siúl, ag bailiú agus ag fáil inspreagadh ón tírdhreach. Don choimisiún seo ba mhaith liom deis a thabhairt do mhuintir an oileáin an timpeallacht a cheiliúradh. Tá fáisceán bláthanna, leabhar cartlainne, stampa agus póstaer déanta agam a bheidh le fáil ar iasacht ón leabharlann thíos sa chuan. Is é mo smaoineamh go mbeidh muintir an oileáin ábalta an fáisceáin seo a fháil ar iasacht agus é a úsaid chun bláthanna fiáine a bhailiú agus a chaomhnú, ar nós cartlann dúlra poiblí. Beidh daoine ábalta a gcuid bláthanna a chur isteach sa leabhar seo i rith na bliana, ag taispeáint ainm an bhlátha, an áit a fuarthas é ar an oileán, agus an t-am den bhliain a bailíodh é. Tá súil agam go mbainfidh daoine taitneamh as!
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The thing that stayed with me from my residency on Cape Clear is the time I spent in nature - the time I spent out walking, collecting and taking inspiration from the landscape. For this commission I wanted to provide the community on the island a way to celebrate the locality. I have created a flower press, archiving book, stamp and posters that can be borrowed from the library down at the harbor. My idea is that Capers can borrow the press and use it to gather and conserve wildflowers, a kind of public nature archive. People can put their flowers in this book throughout the year, and name the flowers, the place where they were collected and the time of year they were gathered. I hope people enjoy it!
Tomás Ó’Daltúin
*available from the Leabharlann from Mon 10th August 2020
