“Mae mwy nag un ffordd i gael Wil i’w wely.”

So you’ve finished your piece of creative work .  Now what do you do with it?  Put it in the back of the cupboard or on a shelf to gather dust?  No, if you’ve created a piece of art – in whatever medium – you will want to put it on public display.  It might be that you stick to the fridge door with a magnet or have it professionally framed and hung on a wall in the house.  There again, you might want to show your work  to a wider audience so you need to find a place to exhibit it.  Think outside the box like the creator of Llandoddies did.

Continue reading Places, please! →

“Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel”

Neu, mewn geiriau eraill, croeso i fyd gwehyddwaith nodwydd. Continue reading Like a circle in a spiral … →

“I am the gleam on a dragonfly’s wing; I am the pollen the honeybees bring; I am the tamed and I am the wild; I am adventure that calls to the child.”

Daniel Lock

As late spring moves towards summer, gardens come alive with colour, texture and movement.  This is the time when Textile Art really comes into its own because more than many other creative or artistic disciplines, working with fabrics and thread allow you to play with colour, texture and movement. Continue reading Calling to the Child →

“Here All is One”

Rydw i wrth fy modd cerdded neu redeg dros y wlad. Bob dydd, byddaf i’n ceisio treulio rhyw amser y tu allan, i werthfawrogi’r byd naturiol. Rydw i’n cael llawer o ysbrydiolaeth gan y byd naturiol fella mae wedi bod yn wych i dderbyn cymorth o Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru. Hefyd, mae’n wych i few mor agos i le hyfryd fel Parc Gwledig Bryngarw. Continue reading Get inspired! →

“The day will come when Cynddylan returns and we will go back to our homes and be as happy as the land.”

 

Today’s blog is about how I set about creating the wallhanging that I called ‘Happy as the Land.’ It is an explanation that comes in 3 parts, none of which (at the beginning) will seem related to the others, but I promise you it will make sense at the end. Continue reading Happy as the Land →