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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

And now I have a helpful 20% discount code for anyone interested too: 26AFLY1

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

If anyone asks how much research leave is going

Tunnel book using old mining records, paper cut-outs and photos of miners

Cut-up mining record with paper cut-outs of gel-printed botanicals on top

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

New office door signage making this rainy Friday morning very happy all of a sudden

Image of my office door with Associate Professor title on sign

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Turning my office into a science experiment as the seeded paper I'm making for a conference workshop starts sprouting. If you're in Dublin next week, check out the annual IHA conference on 'Feeding the Soul' where said workshop will take place: www.irishhumanities.ie/news-events/...

White seeded paper on book shelf with little seedlings beginning to sprout

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

In our final Extracts reading group we explored recycling & so I raided the twins' easter egg pile for foil. Making a tree out of easter egg wrappers is surprisingly hard! But I love the tree that lingers in the shadows. A wonderful group to learn with extractivistlandscapes.com/extracts-rea...

'Tree' form created from gold, silver, and blue easter egg wrappings casting a shadow of a tree on my desk planner

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Look at this gorgeous journal my super talented friend & colleague @kfama.bsky.social made for me while counting down the weeks of semester, which I'm totally going to use as my art journal during my sabbatical (in the Autumn!!! Can you tell I'm excited?!)

Buttonhole stitch journal with purple cover and "planning" typed on it

page from journal with a number 4 paper cut out

Page from the journal with a number 1 paper cut out

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

In the Extracts reading group today, Dr Ashley Cahillane gave us a prompt to create shadow art. Inspired by Kentridge's mining account book charcoals, I used the toddler toys in my office to create shadow art on the mining service records of my Irish grandfather who worked on S. African gold mines

"wheel barrow" shadow over mining service record

"miner" shadow over mining record service

"miner" falling into earth shadow over mining record

"police car" shadow over mining service record

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

To celebrate Mother's Day yesterday I ran my first half marathon since the twins' arrival. Training in Dublin's winter left a lot to be desired, but I actually made it with some time to spare!

Close up of a medal that has some iconic Dublin landmarks in its design with the the title Proud Finisher Dublin City Half Marathon 2025

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Really appreciate these two teaching awards I officially received last week. Still in a bit of shock tbh!

Photo of a book shelf with two awards on it: a certificate for College Level Teaching & Learning Award and a glass award for a University Teaching Excellence Award

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I chose to make a paper-cut out in response the the Rosalind Morris work we read and the We Are Zama Zama documentary we watched for the session: www.wearezamazama.com

Paper cut out of botanical gelli print featuring purples, blues, and greens

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Twins turned 3 yesterday and while I'm not sure my brain will ever recover from what 3 years of complete sleep deprivation has done to it, they are delightfully hilarious and give the best hugs without a doubt 💙💙

Photo of twins with their back to the camera. They are playing with a variety of toys, including a pirate ship and Bluey figurines.

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Secret Santa win again. Love an end of year office party. The Christmas jumpers were 👌🏻

Photo of book: Feminist Freedom Warriors: Genealogies, Justice, Politics & Hope

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Some beautiful @ucddublin.bsky.social sunrises the last couple of mornings

Pink and orange sunrise over icy sports field

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Getting the December spirit going with Constance Markievicz and Marsha P. Johnson

Wooden Christmas tree decoration of constance Markievicz firing a gun in the air

Christmas tree decoration of Marsha P Johnson with a megaphone and a sign saying dignity and equality

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Also, I planted the seeded paper I made for the class a couple of weeks ago in my Austen ceramic pot and it’s sprouting! Brightening up my winter office

Ceramic pot as a Jane Austen bust, with seeded paper planted and seedlings growing up and out like hair

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Late last night I felt the need to make Essex Serpent inspired bookmarks for students for in our final Material Girls seminar. Been an absolute delight teaching this module

Botanical stencil gelli print bookmarks in blues, greens and purples

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Look what just arrived in the post! So grateful to the editors for the invitation to be a part of this mammoth glossary @mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social

Cover of the book Finance Aesthetics: A Critical Glossary

Contents page featuring L-P: from Ledger to Property

A page from my entry on the ledger which is in the format of ledger

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Made a couple of notebooks in class today 🤩 following excellent guidance by @kfama.bsky.social. The students books were gorgeous

Handmade notebooks of a single signature with gelli printed botanical covers in blues and purples

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I also made seeded paper for us all as we studied Kincaid’s My Garden a couple of weeks ago and asked students to decorate and plant their papers so here are my seeded paper prints

Seeded paper with gelli prints of fern stencils in blues and greens

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Tomorrow in the Material Girls MA we’re making books and next week we study The Essex Serpent, so I’ve been playing around with botanical prints in blue for my cover

Gelli prints in greens, purples and blues using pressed ferns and a stencil

Gelli ghost prints in greens, purples and blues using a stencil of a flower

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Weather in Dublin has turned absolutely foul so it’s time to crack out my winter support trio. But which one to wear today? Hot pink or watermelon or bright red?

Three Lisa Eldridge lipstick bullets in vibrant colours: rainbow spill, skyscraper rose, carnival

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Playing with gelli prints today as I try work out some ideas for a paper tunnel book I want to make for our Extracts reading group

Purple black and green gelli print with a stencil resembling stones

Gelli print in blue black and purple resembling stones

Green and blue gelli print using a tree bark stencil

Purple and black oxide gelli print using a stencil resembling stones

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Took our students to UCD special collections today and what a treat they had prepared for us! Scrapbooks! Embroidered poetry book! ABC illustrated by Lucia Joyce! And so much more

Subscription note for Lucia Joyce’s Chaucer ABC

Photo of various crafting books on a table ready to browse

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

Doing some final art prep for today’s Extracts Critical Theory/Creative Praxis reading group. This piece is inspired by Amy Maricle’s slow art journal prompts and is responding to Jeanine Oleson’s Crossed Wires. Join us for future sessions! extractivistlandscapes.com/extracts-rea...

Ginkgo blossoms in black ink over a background of oval shapes in watercolour of browns and greys

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

Spam conference Halloween edition featuring Heidegger and Arendt revivified

Screenshot of a spam conference request where Martin Heidegger and Hannah Arendt are listed as in the international scientific committee

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 14/10/2024

This weekend I started making seeded paper for the MA students to do printing on. We’re doing gardening as a craft this week reading Jamaica Kincaid & Kara Walker

Paper pulp with wildflower seeds and frame to make seeded paper

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 08/08/2024

Also, I have a discount code! AFLY02

Discount with Code AFLY02. Political Economy by Sarah Comyn
Providing a ‘short take’ on the long history of political economy, this book examines both the stories about and those within economics. It traces the history of political economy from its beginnings in the Scottish Enlightenment; through its disciplinary demarcation as a science in the nineteenth century that saw its differentiation from literary, aesthetic, and moral discourses; and to its emergence as the ‘amoral’ market-driven neoliberalism that dominates economic theories and policies today.
In exploring the long history of economic thought, it examines and challenges both Enlightenment and contemporary grand narratives such as the stadial theory of progress, the ‘Great Divergence’ and the ‘Great Convergence’ that have divided the world into global norths and souths according to their economic advantages.

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 08/08/2024

Copies of my new book, Political Economy, arrived in the post and I was never going to pass up the opportunity to dress like my book. Published 🥳

Holding copies of my new book, Political Economy. The cover design has paint brush marks in various colours which matches very closely the design and colour of the dress I am wearing.

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 05/07/2024

Got paid for a talk, and look what I bought 🤩

DMC wooden embroidery chest filled with gorgeous DMC embroidery threads of all colours

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 27/06/2024

Political Economy is almost here and I have a discount code to share. Use Code AFLY02 and flyer with further info attached :)

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 22/04/2024

Jessica Fletcher has joined the office furnishings and now it finally feels complete

Purple armchair with a cushion covered in iconic Jessica Fletcher images

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 18/04/2024

Woke up to my little book feeling a little more real. Forthcoming September 🎉

Screenshot of my forthcoming book: Political Economy, Sept ‘24. ‘Providing a ‘short take’ on the long history of political economy, this book examines both the stories about and those within economics.’

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 29/01/2024

Started today’s Fiction & Financial Crises class in UCD Classics Museum looking at their amazing coin collection. Feeling the weight of the coins was such a useful way to get students to think about the crisis of representation & value that paper currency can create. & how literature can intervene

Bronze Roman coin depicting Emperor Nero

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 10/01/2024

Today’s writing Wednesday brought to you by a hot pink as I tackle currency, it-narratives, and derivatives 💪🏻💄

Photo of a lipstick bullet next to a keyboard and resting on some typed pages with notes. Lipstick is a hot pink, Velvet Carnival

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 05/01/2024

I usually go for a bold red for writing days, but today have opted for the fittingly named Velvet Bloom, a lovely pink red

Velvet Bloom lipstick bullet held in left hand

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 30/12/2023

Getting ready for January yoga

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 20/12/2023

A year of artistic collaboration with @kfama.bsky.social 🤩 Looking forward to our gelli print workshop next year 🩵 You can find out more about our postcard exchange project here: extractivistlegacies.org/gallery/

Office door with postcards of watercolour paintings and gelli prints of extractivist sites in Estonia and Ireland

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 20/12/2023

Was rewarded for making it onto to campus this morning with a coffee hamper 🙏🏻

Coffee hamper including dripper, roasted notes coffee, peak water kettle, chocolates and candy canes

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 26/11/2023

The diamond museum was a weirdly intriguing marketing front for a showroom (will have to write about this somehow), but I got to hold some Kimberlite and Tanzanite. The weight was incredible. Also saw a replica of the uncut Cullinan which was truly the size of a fist

My hand holding a piece of Kimberlite. You can see a shimmer in the rock

Holding a replica of the Shimansky cut, a patented diamond cut that is only produced in South Africa

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 22/11/2023

Research highlight so far is this scrapbook giving me gold (😉)! Amazing #19thC newspaper clippings from the SA goldfields. Does anyone know anything about the game ‘Spoof’?!

Illustrations of attendees costumes from the fancy dress ball held at The Wanderers in 1894

Rules and Regulations of the game of Barberton Spoof handbill

Rules and regulations of the game of Spoof

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Sarah Comyn @sarahcomyn.bsky.social · 21/11/2023

Got totally distracted by these gorgeous theatre programmes while looking for mineral literature. Aren’t they lovely 🤩

The Oxford Programme: Every Evening and Saturday Matinees, Magdalene College. Featuring beautiful images of the college and the River Cam

Programme for Ye Olde Sadler’s Well Theatre

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