Marlands

MEDITERRANEAN islands
Arts and Science Project

Olga Sabko's diary.

Day V.

Olga Sabko’s artistic residency in Mallorca.
First visit to the laboratory of Botanical garden Soler. The Botanical Garden of Sóller or Museum of Natural Sciences of the Balearic Islands in Sóller is dedicated to the study and conservation of nature in the Balearic Islands, as well as the dissemination of information relating to these subjects.
 
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Olga Sabko
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Artist’s vision:
I started my research on local plants at the Botanical garden, and gather the visual material, which I will later use to create the engravings. I am focusing on endemic species, such as Thymus herba-barona, Naufraga balearica, Ligusticum huteri to attract more attention to their uniqueness. Some of these plants may seem undistinguished for an average observer, they may have tiny owers, not very brightly coloured, but I’d like to highlight their humble beauty. My particular interest is how these plants propagate, so the focus of my research in the Botanical garden  is on the pollination of owers, fertilization, seeds germination.
 
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Olga Sabko. Day 5.

Olga Sabko. Day 5.

Olga Sabko’s artistic residency in Mallorca.
First visit to the laboratory of Botanical garden Soler. The Botanical Garden of Sóller or Museum of Natural Sciences of the Balearic Islands in Sóller is dedicated to the study and conservation of nature in the Balearic Islands, as well as the dissemination of information relating to these subjects.
 
WhatsApp Image 2022-10-05 at 8.20.55 PM
WhatsApp Image 2022-10-06 at 12.12.30 PM
Olga Sabko
WhatsApp Image 2022-10-06 at 12.12.01 PM (1)
Artist’s vision:
I started my research on local plants at the Botanical garden, and gather the visual material, which I will later use to create the engravings. I am focusing on endemic species, such as Thymus herba-barona, Naufraga balearica, Ligusticum huteri to attract more attention to their uniqueness. Some of these plants may seem undistinguished for an average observer, they may have tiny owers, not very brightly coloured, but I’d like to highlight their humble beauty. My particular interest is how these plants propagate, so the focus of my research in the Botanical garden  is on the pollination of owers, fertilization, seeds germination.
 
WhatsApp Image 2022-10-05 at 8.19.57 PM
Photo credit: Olga Sabko
WhatsApp Image 2022-10-05 at 8.21.14 PM
Photo credit: Olga Sabko