Inspired by the positive possibilities of transdisciplinary environmental remediation projects, the shift Western science is taking by including social science research is demonstrated through five wetland plant inks, beginning with a technical drawing from the early 1900’s slowly morphing into a translucent depiction of Cattails, its surroundings, and adding a discomfortable but Caucasian human amidst the wetland.
The Baltic Rush and Cattails glow in honor of the transformative cleansing gifts wetland plants bestow within ecosystems. The model refers to the Renaissance when inter and transdisciplinarity ignited a societal paradigm shift from the Dark Ages to the Enlightened Period.
Bulrush, Scripus microcarpus.
18″ h x 14″ w
(USDA-NRCS Plants Database)
Ink on Mulberry Paper.
Cheryl Buckmaster, 2024
Water Sedge.
Ink, water color on Mulberry Paper.
26.5″ h x 12.5″ w
Cheryl Buckmaster, 2024
University of Saskatchewan
Root detail from Water Sedge. Cheryl Buckmaster, 2024
