Carter Carscadden

The Creature and the Pond

Print
2026
Screenprint and letterpress on paper
18x24
A boarder of pink sweet pea flowers and beansprouts surrounds a fairytale printed in brown ink. At the centre is a collection of cattails.

“"The Creature and the Pond" features an original story revisiting themes of otherness presented in fairytales. It reckons with respectability politics and the responsibility one feels towards community and how they can improve it.”

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The Creature and the Pond
The Creature and the Pond
The Creature and the Pond
The Creature and the Pond

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Carter Carscadden aka. Starling and Sons

Printmaking and Publications

“William Morris states that humans favour what they keep in their lives to be either useful or beautiful. Because of this, I argue that the pervasiveness of fairytales in our culture illustrates that...” [More]