Four Sirennas
after Andy "Merboy" Warhol

The Mermaid Chronicles of
Sirenna Verdier Bubblefin



August 23, 2006
The Mermaid Chronicles: Stories Behind The Designs
Tammy Nold & Her Mermaid 'Perk-O-Lena' read more

August 1, 2006
Instructions for Making the Biggest Big Swim Mermaid Installation So Far: JW Rone’s “Elemental Dance: Five Mermaids in Space” read more

June 28, 2006: Icons with Three to Four Limbs
from the Lowcountry Weekly
As I improve my balance on land while meeting with all these artists and sponsors, I am learning that there is a message in poise. Posture is important, and accordingly the pose of Beaufort's 100 mermaids is athletic and graceful, the tail powerful, and their lines clean. Like the Statue of Liberty's poetic tablet, the 100 mermaids are saying many things with their forms caught in mid-paddle....read more


June 2006: Me as Muse
from the Lowcountry Weekly
...As a Muse, I act quickly as well. The inspiration is flowing faster than the outgoing tide, more smoothly than the new drainage pipes in Waterfront park. I have well over twenty design submissions for the seven feet long mermaids so far, and the lure of the mermaid is flowing beyond the fiberglass form too......read more


May 2006: If Wishes Were Mermaids and Sponsors Were Seashells
from the Lowcountry Weekly
Mermaids are wishy! And sponsors in Beaufort are Cowries, Clams, Conchs and Oysters! Wishes are a mermish way of life. At the same time, we are practical. Searching on land for a sponsor for our eighteen months of Mer-Art is nothing compared to dodging a whale shark, swimming with the giant squid, or patching up the poor manatees down in Florida. In the Mer-grotto where I grew up....read more


More Quotes from Sirenna

"Bubblebar ea Bubblebara: Let the current flow, and the current will flow for you."

"Art is finglubbable-swish, as the merfolk always say.""...and the traditional mer-blessing, glubburbble fin glubburble bipplesplash."



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