Karen Browett
@karenbrowett.bsky.social
She/Her 🇵🇸
Multimedia artist with focus on ecology. plant/land based photo/video, sustainable process. Plant fan. Slightly musical noise maker. Screen printer.
www.karenbrowett.com
Multimedia artist with focus on ecology. plant/land based photo/video, sustainable process. Plant fan. Slightly musical noise maker. Screen printer.
www.karenbrowett.com
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I think in general I have a fairly high “politician forgiveness” threshold because I understand they face a firehose of shit everyday and also in a democracy they have to comprise all the time, but Simon Harris not standing up for immigrants in this moment feels like one that crosses that threshold
November 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I think in general I have a fairly high “politician forgiveness” threshold because I understand they face a firehose of shit everyday and also in a democracy they have to comprise all the time, but Simon Harris not standing up for immigrants in this moment feels like one that crosses that threshold
Ragwort and bracken. 35mm developed using bracken leaf infusion. Photos from Dublins pockets of wildness in the city
August 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Ragwort and bracken. 35mm developed using bracken leaf infusion. Photos from Dublins pockets of wildness in the city
Anyone know what new resident to my lane this is, is it a sparrowhawk? I have video to show more markings/movement, the prey is a pigeon for size ref. Musta been hungry cause it snatched the bird at the top of a busy lane and carried to the nearest alcove between bins when I had to drive past.
August 2, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Anyone know what new resident to my lane this is, is it a sparrowhawk? I have video to show more markings/movement, the prey is a pigeon for size ref. Musta been hungry cause it snatched the bird at the top of a busy lane and carried to the nearest alcove between bins when I had to drive past.
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I like all the sounds that upset people, because they're too complacent and there are some sounds that really upset them, you need to shock them out of their complacency, cause it's a bad world They need to wake to how bad it is then maybe they'll do something about it.
#SunRa
#SunRa
June 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I like all the sounds that upset people, because they're too complacent and there are some sounds that really upset them, you need to shock them out of their complacency, cause it's a bad world They need to wake to how bad it is then maybe they'll do something about it.
#SunRa
#SunRa
COSMETIC PLAGUE on @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social MARCH 2025 now up on mixcloud for playback at your leisure. Mix for the longer days
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March 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
COSMETIC PLAGUE on @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social MARCH 2025 now up on mixcloud for playback at your leisure. Mix for the longer days
www.mixcloud.com/DublinDigita...
www.mixcloud.com/DublinDigita...
End of the long harvest. Painting on 35mm photos developed using a mix of late winter plants, using spent logs from the fire for paint
February 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
End of the long harvest. Painting on 35mm photos developed using a mix of late winter plants, using spent logs from the fire for paint
"the curlew is always with us in the Winter because when it is going to rain they start looking up in the sky and begin to baul. We don't see them very often in Summer."
Another mention of Curlews as rain foretellers from Duchas Schools Collection
Another mention of Curlews as rain foretellers from Duchas Schools Collection
February 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"the curlew is always with us in the Winter because when it is going to rain they start looking up in the sky and begin to baul. We don't see them very often in Summer."
Another mention of Curlews as rain foretellers from Duchas Schools Collection
Another mention of Curlews as rain foretellers from Duchas Schools Collection
"When the curlew calls or when the swallow flies low, or when the smoke of the chimney is blown downwards it is a sign of rain."
Duchas Schools Collection
Duchas Schools Collection
February 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"When the curlew calls or when the swallow flies low, or when the smoke of the chimney is blown downwards it is a sign of rain."
Duchas Schools Collection
Duchas Schools Collection
"I was lonely for a while this evening, listening to the crows caw as they returned home. Should I hear the beautiful lark, she would rent my heart. Now, as I write, the odd curlew mournfully calls as they fly over."
Beautiful Curlew mention from Bobby Sand's prison diaries.
Beautiful Curlew mention from Bobby Sand's prison diaries.
February 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"I was lonely for a while this evening, listening to the crows caw as they returned home. Should I hear the beautiful lark, she would rent my heart. Now, as I write, the odd curlew mournfully calls as they fly over."
Beautiful Curlew mention from Bobby Sand's prison diaries.
Beautiful Curlew mention from Bobby Sand's prison diaries.
One morning Honour heard a crying voice outside the house. She went out and there she saw a curlew flying over the house. While she was out the house took fire. They blessing she gave to the Curlew was that its nest should never be found.
www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4428...
www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4428...
The Curlew's Warning · An Pasáiste Thoir (C.), Port Láirge · The Schools' Collection
This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s.
www.duchas.ie
February 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
One morning Honour heard a crying voice outside the house. She went out and there she saw a curlew flying over the house. While she was out the house took fire. They blessing she gave to the Curlew was that its nest should never be found.
www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4428...
www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4428...
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Time to (re)connect with wild nature? We need your help in 2025. If you see a plant in the street photograph it, let us know what you think it is and what you feel about it. Download our free app.
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#citizenscience #rewild
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#citizenscience #rewild
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December 22, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Time to (re)connect with wild nature? We need your help in 2025. If you see a plant in the street photograph it, let us know what you think it is and what you feel about it. Download our free app.
Apple: apps.apple.com/us/app/novel...
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
#citizenscience #rewild
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Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
#citizenscience #rewild
Found in the local charity shop for a euro, can’t wait to read about the hungry grass!
#irishfolklore #ecology #earthtales
#irishfolklore #ecology #earthtales
February 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Found in the local charity shop for a euro, can’t wait to read about the hungry grass!
#irishfolklore #ecology #earthtales
#irishfolklore #ecology #earthtales
The Field was created by a mammoth act of guerrilla gardening by local man Tony Louth who took it upon himself to compost over a disused car park using waste from the fruit and veg market and horse yard over years.
Great short doc:
vimeo.com/195645359
Great short doc:
vimeo.com/195645359
Our Mountain
Hidden behind the the cobbled streets of Dublin, through a gate and up a hill, lies a mountain... of compost. Enter the world of Tony Lowth. For more films,…
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February 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The Field was created by a mammoth act of guerrilla gardening by local man Tony Louth who took it upon himself to compost over a disused car park using waste from the fruit and veg market and horse yard over years.
Great short doc:
vimeo.com/195645359
Great short doc:
vimeo.com/195645359
Feral Kale at The Field. 35mm developed using Comfrey leaf.
Feral Kale at The Field. 35mm developed using Comfrey leaf.
Never have I seen a kale outside of its cultivated and polite neatness, living its best life as a jubilant outlaw romping chaotically over urban landscapes.
#feralecologies
Feral Kale at The Field. 35mm developed using Comfrey leaf.
Never have I seen a kale outside of its cultivated and polite neatness, living its best life as a jubilant outlaw romping chaotically over urban landscapes.
#feralecologies
February 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Feral Kale at The Field. 35mm developed using Comfrey leaf.
Feral Kale at The Field. 35mm developed using Comfrey leaf.
Never have I seen a kale outside of its cultivated and polite neatness, living its best life as a jubilant outlaw romping chaotically over urban landscapes.
#feralecologies
Feral Kale at The Field. 35mm developed using Comfrey leaf.
Never have I seen a kale outside of its cultivated and polite neatness, living its best life as a jubilant outlaw romping chaotically over urban landscapes.
#feralecologies
A less complimentary mention of Comfrey on the Dúchas schools collection. It mentions 'comfrey or meacan oraibh'. Not heard that Irish name for it before, anyone able to translate for me? Most mentions on Dúchas note it as a cure for everything, sprains to cuts to bones
www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4921...
www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4921...
February 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A less complimentary mention of Comfrey on the Dúchas schools collection. It mentions 'comfrey or meacan oraibh'. Not heard that Irish name for it before, anyone able to translate for me? Most mentions on Dúchas note it as a cure for everything, sprains to cuts to bones
www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4921...
www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4921...
'Also known as Lus na gcnámh mbriste (Plant of the broken bone) and Knitbone, Comfrey was used in traditional medicine as a treatment for arthritis and other bone ailments. '
Comfrey plant, from Wildflowers of Ireland
www.wildflowersofireland.net/plant_detail...
Comfrey plant, from Wildflowers of Ireland
www.wildflowersofireland.net/plant_detail...
Wildflower Comfrey, Common Irish Wild Flora Wildflowers of Ireland
Irish Wildflowers and wildflower images lore and background from Ireland a personal collection of compiled by Zoe Devlin
www.wildflowersofireland.net
February 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
'Also known as Lus na gcnámh mbriste (Plant of the broken bone) and Knitbone, Comfrey was used in traditional medicine as a treatment for arthritis and other bone ailments. '
Comfrey plant, from Wildflowers of Ireland
www.wildflowersofireland.net/plant_detail...
Comfrey plant, from Wildflowers of Ireland
www.wildflowersofireland.net/plant_detail...
Shteamy poly tunnels. One for the massive wetness of the day. 35mm developed using the great matriarch of the photogarden, the Comfrey plant
#comfrey#plantbaseddeveloper #plantbasedphotography #ecodarkroom #sustainablepractice #artandecology #35mm #oddkin #alternativephotography
#comfrey#plantbaseddeveloper #plantbasedphotography #ecodarkroom #sustainablepractice #artandecology #35mm #oddkin #alternativephotography
February 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Shteamy poly tunnels. One for the massive wetness of the day. 35mm developed using the great matriarch of the photogarden, the Comfrey plant
#comfrey#plantbaseddeveloper #plantbasedphotography #ecodarkroom #sustainablepractice #artandecology #35mm #oddkin #alternativephotography
#comfrey#plantbaseddeveloper #plantbasedphotography #ecodarkroom #sustainablepractice #artandecology #35mm #oddkin #alternativephotography
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Slowly returning light. 35mm developed with winter harvested Comfrey leaf developer, my favourite of all the plant collaborators
#ecodarkroom #sustainablepractice #artandecology #35mm #oddkin
#ecodarkroom #sustainablepractice #artandecology #35mm #oddkin
February 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Slowly returning light. 35mm developed with winter harvested Comfrey leaf developer, my favourite of all the plant collaborators
#ecodarkroom #sustainablepractice #artandecology #35mm #oddkin
#ecodarkroom #sustainablepractice #artandecology #35mm #oddkin
an older animation of mine plus a link to Wildflowers of Ireland re Three Cornered Leek
www.wildflowersofireland.net/plant_detail...
www.wildflowersofireland.net/plant_detail...
February 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
an older animation of mine plus a link to Wildflowers of Ireland re Three Cornered Leek
www.wildflowersofireland.net/plant_detail...
www.wildflowersofireland.net/plant_detail...
35mm developed using Three Cornered Leek. Photos from The Field D8, an urban novel ecology that’s semi managed but largely feral. These images are from a cold February, 2024. Cont. in comments:
February 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
35mm developed using Three Cornered Leek. Photos from The Field D8, an urban novel ecology that’s semi managed but largely feral. These images are from a cold February, 2024. Cont. in comments:
Pinhole camera images developed with plant based DiY developers and two mini cams made from film canisters
February 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Pinhole camera images developed with plant based DiY developers and two mini cams made from film canisters
Some of my books from the mini library we put together between us at Earthbound Tales for people to sit with on visits. Will do a full list when the show documentation comes back and post here and on my website along with other useful info!
February 7, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Some of my books from the mini library we put together between us at Earthbound Tales for people to sit with on visits. Will do a full list when the show documentation comes back and post here and on my website along with other useful info!
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Earthbound Tales | Group Exhibition at Pallas Projects/Studios
Karen Bowett, Dervla Clarke + Jamie Lemoine (POND Studios), Estibaliz Errazquin and Melissa O’Brien.
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Karen Bowett, Dervla Clarke + Jamie Lemoine (POND Studios), Estibaliz Errazquin and Melissa O’Brien.
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January 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Earthbound Tales | Group Exhibition at Pallas Projects/Studios
Karen Bowett, Dervla Clarke + Jamie Lemoine (POND Studios), Estibaliz Errazquin and Melissa O’Brien.
visualartists.ie/events/earth...
Karen Bowett, Dervla Clarke + Jamie Lemoine (POND Studios), Estibaliz Errazquin and Melissa O’Brien.
visualartists.ie/events/earth...