Sarah McCartney
Cornwall’s Invaders under Royal Scrutiny…
Wireweed, one of the non-natives on display. Photo by RYA Emily Whiting Some of the specimens I did and some of my illustrations ended up...
Sarah McCartney Artist
Cornish artist living and working in Falmouth
I collect and make stories about my encounters with non-human life in sea, land and air. I celebrate, mourn, and bring attention to those I meet. I am witness to the moment I am in and believe that even though my efforts seem small, I bring something new to the world by reciprocating the gifts I have been given.
This then is the work, a continuous journey. Paper, specimen and word. Sometimes it is enough to leave these fragments in sketchbooks and drawers. A drawing in a sketchbook may be full of energy and life, the little resin in my hand may be a beautiful object. But the whole story can be hard to see.
My task is to curate the fragments and make song with all the seeing. Everything is connected.
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Sarah McCartney
resins finished and off to France…
I’ve finished the invasive marine species specimens for ERCCIS. The last piece, wire weed Sargassum muticum, was poured and left to cure...
Sarah McCartney
the orange crab disaster and five more specimens arrive …
Five new specimens arrived this week. But first an update on the Asian shore crab. It went a bit wrong after my last post. Now it’s all...
Sarah McCartney
new specimens, a frame for the wakame and a quiet walk to prisk
My room smells of pickling alcohol. I received two more specimens for the job I am doing for ERCCIS today and have been preparing them to...
Sarah McCartney
embedding marine non-native species …
Tonight instead of kayaking in the rain (which I was looking forward to) I have been pressing seaweeds. But I can paddle any time and...