Sinéad Cahill is a Donegal-based textile designer who began weaving in 2018 under Master Weaver John Heena, learning on traditional Donegal flying shuttle looms. In 2023, she earned an MSc in Textile Design and went on to work as a Jacquard Designer in North Carolina, creating high-performance upholstery fabrics at a vertical weaving mill. She has since returned to Donegal to establish her own weaving practice. For this project, she proposes a large-scale woven sculpture or wall hanging (approx. 24in x 8ft) that celebrates Inis Bó Finne and its deep connection to the sea. Incorporating repurposed fishing rope and line collected from local beaches, the work will draw on the traditional crios belt motif. Grounded in place, craft, and sustainability, the piece is both a tribute to island life and a call to environmental care—honouring the tradition of weaving while echoing the principle of “leave no trace.”

Is dearthóir teicstíle atá lonnaithe i nDún na nGall í Sinéad Cahill a thosaigh ag fíodóireacht in 2018 faoin Máistir-Fhíodóir John Heena, ag foghlaim ar sheoltaí eitilte traidisiúnta Dhún na nGall. In 2023, bhain sí céim MSc amach i nDearadh Teicstíle agus chuaigh sí ag obair mar Dhearthóir Jacquard i Carolina Thuaidh, ag cruthú fabraicí cumhdaigh ardfheidhmíochta ag muileann fíodóireachta ingearach. Tá sí ar ais go Dún na nGall ó shin chun a cleachtas fíodóireachta féin a bhunú. Don tionscadal seo, molann sí dealbh fite nó crochta balla ar scála mór (thart ar 24 orlach x 8 troigh) a cheiliúrann Inis Bó Finne agus a nasc domhain leis an bhfarraige. Ag ionchorprú rópa agus líne iascaireachta athúsáidte a bailíodh ó thránna áitiúla, tarraingeoidh an saothar ar an móitíf crios traidisiúnta *crios*. Bunaithe ar áit, ceardaíocht agus inbhuanaitheacht, is ómós é an píosa do shaol an oileáin agus glao chun cúram comhshaoil ​​​​- ag onóir traidisiún na fíodóireachta agus ag macalla prionsabal "gan rian a fhágáil".