At the local London Marathon, alongside the Thames, Sarah had been struck by thousands of plastic bottles discarded by runners. What if these were killing the mermaids? Sarah began a series of sunprints exploring this. The mythical females being “trapped” in a surreal world below the waterline. Sun, real river water, seaweed, and plastics combined their magic to produce this series from Nature.
detail of mermaid’s tail 
A2 cyanotype with plastic bags, seaweed and riverwater 
part of new mermaid collage, she is trapped underwater
by plastic bags
