Work out of the kiln / Gwaith allan o'r odin

I have been casting the shapes of the deconstructed jugs for a while now, and have a very exciting idea for my degree show, I'm not going to share just yet, but here are some of the works. I think that the light hitting the back of the work almost makes it look translucent, I'm very happy with these pieces and am currently experimenting with colour and decal designs.

Rwyf i wedi bod yn castio siapau y jwgiau wedi ei ail-siapio ers dipyn o amser erbyn hyn, ac wedi darganfod syniad diddorol ar gyfer fy sioe radd. Dydw i ddim am rannu'r syniad eto, ond dyma rhai o'r darnau o'r odin. Rwy'n credu bod y glau sy'n taro cefn y gwaith yn llwyddiannus iawn, ac yn gwneud y gwaith i edrych yn dryleu bron, rwy'n hapus iawn â'r darnau ac yn arbrofi â lliw a dyluniadau decals ar hyn o bryd.

I have also finished my artists statement, ready to apply for many residencies for next year so exciting times ahead! Here is the statement.

Rwyf i hefyd wedi gorffen fy natganiad artist, yn barod i drio am nifer o brofiadau preswyl yn y flwyddyn nesaf, felly amser cyffroes o fy mlaen! Dyma'r datganiad.

Viewers will ask, 'What's it about?' And the reply must be: this art is about nothing but itself. Marshall N. Price

I am inspired by the form of the classic jug from the 20th and 21st century. The modernist movement has been my point of reference. This is explored through the cohesive integration of form, drawing and surface pattern. I deconstruct my drawings and create my own interpretation of the abstract jug. It is the marriage of form and function that intrigues me and the distortion of the domestic object which is familiar yet foreign in form. I deconstruct the shape of them by folding the drawings and re-designing them through a layout pad. This is where they evolve into three dimensional objects. 

Development towards the Degree Show / Datblygu tuag at y Sioe Radd

I haven't wrote for a while, but have been very busy with work in the kiln and an assessment period. In the last two weeks before my penultimate assessment my work changed rapidly. To think that the natural development between my final pieces and my new designs have come so quickly, I feel excited to research and experiment with this new technique of working and feel that it truly is the way forward for my degree show, and the body of work for the near future.


Dydw i heb ysgrifennu ers dipyn, ond dwi wedi bod yn brysur iawn hefo gwaith yn yr odin ac asesiad yn coleg. Yn y ddwy wythnos cyn yr asesiad olaf fe newidiodd fy ngwaith yn fawr. I feddwl bod y datblygiad naturiol wedi digwydd mor gyflym, rwy'n cyffroi i archwilio ac arbrofi â'r techneg newydd yma o weithio ac yn teimlo fel ei fod yn ffordd dda ymlaen i mi ar gyfer fy sioe radd, a fy ngwaith yn y dyfodol agos. 

  

After creating the shape in plaster, which was my last post, experimenting with fragmenting the form was an interesting way to perceive the work. In the way that I’ve simplified the jug to this minimal stage, then re-built the additional abstracted form by cutting and joining.

    Ar ôl creu'r siap mewn plaster, dyna'r tro dwethaf i mi ysgrifennu, roedd arbrofi â tynnu'r gwaith yn ddarnau yn ffordd diddorol i weld y gwaith. Gan newid y gwaith i fod y siap mwyaf syml y gallyth o fod, yna ail-adeiladu'r gwaith gan dorri a newid siapiau. 

I was interested in creating a space that would flow and merge from my 3D pieces to my 2D drawings and sketches as I find them essential in creating my final designs. Being inspired by the Constructivist movement of the Russian Soviets, in particular Popova I felt that the linear qualities would suggest this influence on my work. 


Mae gen i ddiddordeb mewn creu gofod ble fydd fy ngwaith yn medru llifo ac uno o'r gwaith 3D i'r darluniau 2D gan fy mod yn credu eu bod yn hanfodol i greu fy nyluniadau terfynol. 

Working with inlay helped me gain a skill but also gave me the idea to include my  post-modernist  sketches that I'd started to develop at the same time. The contrast between both modes of linear qualities, one purely gestural and one purely geometric worked well against each other. 

Gan ddefnyddio 'inlay', fe wnaeth hyn fy helpu i elwa sgiliau ond hefyd fe roth yr 'inlay' y syniad i mi ddefnyddio fy narluniau post-modernaidd yr oeddwn i wedi dechrau datblygu ar yr un pryd. Mae'r cyferbyniad rhwng y ddau wahanol nodwedd llinol, un yn unol ystumol a'r llall yn geometrig wedi gweithio'n dda gyda'i gilydd. 

Working with acetate helped me decide whether decals of my own drawings would contrast the form in the appropriate way. I found that I was attracted to the idea of the decals running off the form, although this would be very difficult to do as they would burn off in the kiln.     

Roedd gweithio â acetate wedi fy alluogi i i benderfynnu os oedd decals o fy narluniau fy hun yn cyferbynnu ar siap yn y ffordd gywir. Fe sylweddolais fy mod wedi fy nenu at y syniad o'r decals yn rhedeg oddi ar y gwaith, ond bydd hyn yn anodd iawn i greu, gan fod unrhyw ddarn o decal ddim ar y gwaith yn llosgi ffwrdd yn yr odin.

My final piece for the assessment 
Fy narn gorffenedig ar gyfer yr asesiad

·       And the pieces not only work as one piece separately, I had placed the jugs specifically so that they would join to work as a three to create another fragmented jug in a series. This to me suggests a clever, well-thought-out design.


   Ac mae'r darnau nid yn unig yn gweithio fel darnau ar wahan, fe wnes i osod y decals fel ei bod yn ffitio mewn grwp o dri i greu jwg arall o fewn y gwaith. Mae hyn, i mi, yn awgrymu dyluniad  sydd wedi ei hystyried yn ofalus. 

  

  I have been developing this idea that a handle would be included to the design of the jug, but from a very different style. This would join the drawing on the surface with the handle, and the handle to the form. I have not yet expanded this idea fully, and hope to do so for the next part of this body of work.
Rydw i wedi bod yn datblygu'r syniad o roi handlen ar y siap geometrig, ond o steil gwbwl wahanol. Bydde gwneud hyn yn ymuno'r arwyneb i'r handlen, a'r handlen i'r ffurf. Dydw i heb gwbwl ymchwilio i mewn i'r syniad eto, ac yn gobeithio gwneud hynny ar gyfer y rhan nesaf o waith. 

Sooooo... the final idea and the present designs...

Fellyyy...y syniad terfynol a'r dyluniau presenol....

      I have also been developing a new way of working that literally deconstructs to recreate my own forms. By collecting old jugs from Charity Shops, smashing them up and reconstructing them to a new interpretation of a jug form. Here I have only taken images of the jugs and made a form on the computer. Buuuut....

Rydw i hefyd wedi bod yn datblygu ffordd o weithio sydd yn llythrennol ddad-adeiladu i ailgreu fy ffurfiau fy hun. Gan gasglu hen jwgiau o siopiau elusen, malu nhw a'i ailgreu i greu fy nehongliad fy hun o siap jwg. Uchod rwyf wedi tynnu lluniau ac yna ei ail osod i greu'r ffurfiau. Ond....

  Here I have started introducing this new idea into my work. I can see the pieces cast in plaster then pure white earthenware slip, with a lustred addition, either to the handle, to the spout edge, or to the decal design of my previous images that I would also like to include in the work. It would be my own personal body of work that is influenced by my many sources, but primarily is from my own research, experimentation and evaluation of a jug form. I think that these three aspects would be successful in fulfilling my original brief and would really push the boundaries of deconstruct to recreate. We'll see how everything goes, but I'm very excited to create the final pieces for the degree show, and can't wait to get my work out there! 

Fama rwyf wedi dechrau cyflwyno'r syniad i mewn i'r gwaith. Rwy'n medru gweld y darnau wedi ei castio o blaster ac yna o slip mewn slip clai gwyn, â darn llewyrch, naill ai i'r handlen, i pig y jwg neu i'r dyluniadau decal. Mi fydd y gwaith yn bersonol i mi, sydd wedi cael ei ddylanwadu gan nifer o ffynonellau gwahanol, ond yn bennaf o fy ymchwil, arfrofi a gwerthusiad o ffurf y jwg. Rwy'n credu bod fy mriff cychwynnol wedi ei gyflanwni wrth wneud y gwaith yma ac mi fydd y gwaith yn gwthio'r syniad o ddadelfennu i ailgreu. Gewn ni weld sut eith popeth, ond rwy'n cyffroi i greu'r darnau gorffenedig i'r Sioe Radd, a methu aros i gael fy ngwaith allan y gyhoeddus!    

       

My new ideas and designs / Fy narluniau a syniadau newydd.

If your wondering why I haven't written my blog for a long time, (over a month!) Most of my recent work is on the Current sketches and Designs page , as I thought it a better idea to start a new page for my new ideas. I will also be posting some new work still warm from the kiln soon...so keep checking back! Exciting stuff!

Os ydych chi'n gweld fy mod heb ysgrifennu fy mlog ers mis mae fy ngwaith diweddaraf wedi ei lleoli yn nhudalen Darluniau Cyfredol, gan fy mod yn meddwl ei fod yn well syniad cael tudalen newydd ar gyfer gymaint o waith newydd. Mi fydda i yn ychwanegu lluniau o'r gwaith diweddaraf, bydd dal yn gynnes o'r odin yn fuan....felly dewch nôl i weld! Dylai'r gwaith fod yn ddiddorol! 

Made by hand / Gwnaed a Llaw

Hello!

I've been helping out with Made by Hand since Thursday, helping with setting up, and ticket sales. It's been great to help out again, many different stalls from last year which was very nice to see. There was a huge array of work there from jewellery and ceramics to furniture and textiles. It was a lot busier than last year too, which was brilliant, we sold over 1100 tickets on Saturday. I think that Tredegar House is a brilliant setting for the event, it's nearly a pity to cover up the wood carvings with the stalls!

Rwyf i wedi bod yn helpu yng Nghasnewydd â Gwyl Gwnaed a Llaw ers dydd Iau, yn helpu i osod gwaith yr artistiaid yn eu lle erbyn yr agoriad dydd Gwener, fe fues i hefyd yn helpu â gwerthu tocynnau. Mae hi'n bleser cael helpu eto y flwyddyn yma, roedd nifer o wahanol artistiaid i'w gymharu â blwyddyn dwethaf. Roedd gwaith Serameg, gemwaith, tecstiliau a dodrefn pren yno. Roedd hi hefyd yn fwy prysur, i'w gymharu a blywddyn dwethaf, fe werthon ni 1100 o docynnau dydd Sadwrn! Mae cynnal yr wyl yn Nhy Tregegar yn ddelfrydol gan ei fod mor anhygoel tu fewn, mae bron yn biti cuddio'r cerfiadau pren y tu fewn â'r stondinnau! 

The outside of Tredegar House, The Victorian Side.

Here are some artists that I particularly liked : 

Dyma rhai o'r artistiaid roeddwn i mwynhau gweld yno:

Rachel Eardley

http://www.racheleardley.com/

Helen Noakes

http://www.helennoakesjewellery.com/

Helaina Sharpley

http://www.helainasharpley-wirework-artist.co.uk/

Lowri Davies

http://www.lowridavies.com/

I enjoyed working at Made by Hand, and it's definitely worth it to see all the up-and-coming artist in their fields and get inspired to be as professional and original as them. 

Fe fwynheuais weithio yn Gwnaed a Llaw, ac mae werth pob munud i weithio yno i gael mynd mewn i weld gwaith artisiaid newydd yn eu maesydd a cael fy ysbrydoli i fod mor broffesiynol a gwreiddiol a nhw. 

I have a few events coming up in the next few weeks, including going to Lowri Davies' Ceramic work at Nantgarw Pottery. We're also raising money towards our degree show and are selling our crafts and gifts in different universities and craft fairs in Cardiff. 

Mae gen i ambell i beth ar y gweill yn y wythnosau nesaf, gan gynnwys mynd i agoriad Serameg newydd Lowri Davies yn Nantgarw. Rydym ni hefyd yn codi arian ar gyfer ein sioe radd gan werthu ein crefftau mewn gwahanol golegau a ffeiriau crefft yng Nghaerdydd. 

New jewellery / Gemwaith newydd

I've been working on my own jewellery for the last two months, trying to create designs that could apply to all ages. I definitely wanted them to be Sterling Silver as a lot of work had gone into them and I want them to last; to be a meaningful present or gift. I thought that if they were wrapped already it would be an easy way to sell them, I have to keep 4 mecklaces out for size. I think I've made them desirable to any celebration, from Christmas, to Birthday, to Valantine's. 
Here are my final ideas and designs. 


Rwyf fi wedi bod yn dylunio fy ngemwaith fy hun yn y ddau fis dwethaf, gan drio creu dyluniadau a all ddenu pobl o bob oed. Roeddwn i'n siwr fy mod eisiau iddynt fod yn Arian gan bod eu bod wedi cymeryd gymaint o amser i'w gwneud; gan obeithio bod yr Arian yn mynd i newid y necles i fod yn anrheg personol. Gan ei lapio yn barod mae'n gwneud nhw'n haws i werthu, ond mae'n rhaid i mi gadw tua 4 allan er mwyn ei trio o ran maint. Rwy'n credu fy mod wedi ei gwneud yn berthnasol ar gyfer unrhyw achlysur, o fod yn anrheg nadolig, i anrheg penblwydd a anrheg San Ffolant. 
Dyma rai o fy ngwaith diweddaraf. 

I'M CURRENTLY SELLING MY JEWELLERY ON http://www.etsy.com/ 
MY ONLINE SHOP IS http://www.etsy.com/shop/ElunedGlyn

RWY'N GWERTHU FY NGEMWAITH AR http://www.etsy.com/
FY SIOP AR-LEIN YW http://www.etsy.com/shop/ElunedGlyn

We visited Bristol to sell crafts and home-made gifts last weekend and I sold three of my necklaces there. Was a good start but have made over 50 necklaces and 50 pairs of earrings, including heart studs so will see how they go in the other Christmas markets we've entered for. I'm really proud of my work, so I hope other people will like them too, I feel like I've seen them too much now so aren't the best person to judge how successful they really are. 

Fe wnaethom ni ymweld â Bryste i werthu gwaith llaw a gwaith crefft wythnos dwethaf, fe werthais i dri necles. Mae'n ddechrau da, ond eisiau gwerthu llawer mwy gan fy mod wedi gwneud 50 necles a 50 set o glustlysau, gan gynnwys stydiau clustiau calonnau, gewn ni weld sut fydd gwerthu rheina yn mynd! Rwy'n hapus iawn ar ol gwneud y pecynnu i gyd, ond dwi'n teimlo fel fy mod wedi ei gweld ormod i allu barnu'r gwaith i weld pa mor llwyddiannus ydynt go iawn! 

I will write about my project and my change of idea and design, concept and overall mind set in the next blog. Time for bed now! 

Fe wna i ysgrifennu am fy mhrosiect a sut yr ydw i wedi newid syniadau, dyluniadau a cysyniad y gwaith yn fy mlog nesaf. Amser gwely! 

Summer experience and starting a new project / Profiad yr Haf a dechrau prosiect newydd

Rwyf newydd ddechrau fy nhrydedd flwyddyn ac yn nerfus iawn, ond yn barod am sialens a blwyddyn anodd iawn! Rwyf fi wedi bod yn brysur iawn dros yr Haf, nid yn unig yn gweithio adref ond rwyf wedi bod yn helpu â'r Wyl Serameg yn Aberystwyth am wythnos. Roedd yr wythnos yn brofiad gwych i wneud ffrindiau newydd, ond hefyd i weld yn union sut mae artistiaid Serameg yn dangos eu gwaith a'u sgiliau. Roedd nifer o ddarlithoedd gwahanol gan gynnwys darlith anhygoel gan Emma Rogers yn dangos ei gwaith â anifeiliaid a'r ffigwr dynol. Fe gefais i gyfle i werthu fy nghwpan yn y sêl cwpanau a helpu ar y dderbynfa. 

I have just started my third year and am very nervous, but ready for a new challenge and a very difficult year! I have been very busy over the summer, not only working home but I've also been helping with the International Ceramic Festival at Aberystwyth for a week. It was a brilliant experience and I have made a lot of friends, but also it was interesting to see exactly how different ceramicists and potters present their work and skills. There were many different lectures including some amazing lectures by Emma Rogers presenting her work with animals and the human figure. I got the chance to sell my work in the cup sale which was great, I was mainly helping at reception but also answering any queries by the artists. 

Mateusz Grobelny from Poland. 

Rwyf hefyd wedi bod yn gweithio yn MOMA Cymru ym Machynlleth dros yr Haf, yn goruchwylio'r oriel dros amser Gwyl Machynlleth. Fe ddaeth Wedi 7 i ffilmio ar gyfer ei rhaglen teledu, a fe wnes i gyfweliad ar gyfer MOMA am yr Wyl Gerddoriaeth yno. Roedd hynny yn brofiad a hanner! Roedd hi'n ddiddorol iawn gweithio yn yr oriel, i weld yr ochr hynny o'r byd celf. 

I have also been working at MOMA Wales in Machynlleth over the summer, supervising the gallery over the Machynlleth Festival week. A television crew also came to record for Wedi 7, and I was interviewed. That was an experience in itself! It was very interesting working at the gallery, and to see that side of the art world. 

Rwyf wedi dechrau fy mhrosiect newydd ar gyfer y drydedd blwyddyn gan gario ymlaen â'r thema o Gymreictod a fy etifeddiaeth. Mae'n thema sy'n bwysig i mi, ac rwyf wedi dechrau edrych ar sut mae amser yn newid teuluoedd a bywydau yn enwedig trwy'r cof. Mae nifer o luniau i'w gael i'w bryny yn farchnad Machynlleth ble does neb yn gwybod pwy ydy'r pobl yma. Allen nhw fod yn perthyn i fi, neu i unrhyw un sy'n edrych arnynt. Rwyn meddwl ehangu y syniad yma ar gyfer gweddill fy mhrosiect. 

I have started my new project for my third year which carries on with my last year theme of my Welsh heritage. This theme is very important to me, and I've started looking at how time in particular can change families and lives through the loss of memory. It's possible to buy old portraits in Machynlleth market, of people that no one has claimed as their own families. Who are these people? They could be related to me, only i don't know that they are. I find this interesting and would like to expand this idea for the rest of my project. 

Work experience with Lowri Davies / Profiad gwaith a Lowri Davies

Rwyf wedi bod yn brysur ar brofiad gwaith â Lowri Davies dros y bythefnos ddiwethaf, ac wedi joio hyd yn hyn! Aethom ni i weld gwaith Cefyn Burgess yng Nghanolfan y Mileniwm, brasluniau mewn tecstiliau o gapeli cymru a lloegr, yn enwedig Lerpwl wnaeth dynnu fy sylw. Rwyf hefyd wedi bod yn cael gwersi Photoshop â Lowri, fydd yn help mawr gan fy mod yn defnyddio decals eithaf tipwyn gyda fy ngwaith Serameg. Fe wnaethom ni hefyd boster ar gyfer Penwythnos Agored Fireworks ar y 4ydd a 5ed o Fehefin. 

Have been busy on Work Placement with Lowri Davies for the last two weeks, and have really enjoyed so far. Have visited the Millenium Centre to see Cefyn Burgess' exhibition of Welsh and English chapels in textiles. 

Have been having lessons with Lowri Davies with photoshop, as I use a lot of decals so will be very handy to gain some more skills in that way, we made the poster for the Fireworks Open Weekend that's happening on the 4th and 5th of June. 

Fe es i i weld Lowri Davies yn gwneud cyflwyniad i Ferched y Wawr, Talybont ar ddydd Llun, oedd yn ddiddorol iawn. Roedd hi'n ddiddorol cael gweld y gwahanol fathau o rwpiau y mae hi'n delio â. 

I went to see Lowri Davies demonstrate to a WI group in Talybont on Monday, which was really interesting to see all the different variety of people that like hearing about her work. 

Dydd Mawrth fe aethom i Stoke on Trent i nol clai ar gyfer gwaith Lowri Davies. Fe aethom i amgueddfa Wedwood oedd yn agoriad llygad! Ro'n i'n hoff iawn o'r teiliau arbrofi i gyd, mae'n amlwg ei bod yn arbenigwyr yn ei gwaith! 

Then, on Tuesday we went to Stoke on Trent to pick up about a million tubs of bone china clay !! And had enough time to visit the wedgwood museum on the way! Really loved all the test tiles they had in a big chest of drawers, it was obvious that they were the masters of glazing! I thought I'd done a lot of tests! 

Diwrnod rhydd dydd Mercher felly fe es i helpu Dad ym Mhenweddig â dosbarth Serameg, roedd hi'n ddiddorol cael deall nad ydw i am ddysgu o gwbl! Sgen i ddim yr amynedd! 

Had a free day on Wednesday so decided to go to help my dad in Penweddig school with some ceramic classes, was quite good to learn that I definitely don't want to teach! I think I just don't have the patience! 

Roedd agoriad arddangosfa Lowri Davies yn y Drenewydd ar ddydd Iau, felly es i i weld y gwaith i gyd. Ro'n i'n hoff o waith Anne Gibbs, Bone China gyda nydwyddau a phiniau wedi ei dal at ei gilydd - gwaith diddorol iawn!  

The opening of Lowri Davies' curated show in Newtown was on Thursday, so went to see all the work! Loved Anne Gibbs work with bone china pieces on pins. I felt it to be a new and fresh way of working with clay. 

Anne Gibbs in Craft in the Bay

Rwyf wedi bod yn gweithio yn Craft at the Bay am y ddau ddiwrnod ddwethaf, oedd yn brofiad anhygoel! Rwyf wedi dysgu gymaint am sut mae rhedeg galeri a sut y maent yn gweithio. Rwyf hefyd wedi cwrdd a nifer o'r artistiaid sy'n dangos ei gwaith yno yn barhaol! Rwy'n gobeithio gweithio yno chydig mwy os yn bosib! 

For the last two days, I've then been working in Craft in the Bay which was an amazing experience! I've learnt so much about working in galleries, and how they work. I've also met some of the artists that have their work there, which was really nice! Hopefully will work some more there too! 

Rwyf wedi bod yn meddwl am brosiect newydd i weithio arno a sut i'w ddechrau. Dim ond prosiect dablygu yw'r prosiect i fod, ond rwy'n hoff o'r syniad o drio dablygu syniadau cyn i mi ddechrau fy mlwyddyn olaf. Rwyf wedi bod yn edrych ar fy llinach achau, yn enwedig ochr fy mam. Fe ddes i o hyd i lyfr o fy nheulu ers Oes Victoria ac rwyf am edrych arnynt i fy ysbrydoli ar gyfer y prosiect yma. Rwyf hefyd wedi dod o hyd i wybodaeth ar fy mhentref a sut yr oedd yn arfer bod yn harbwr prysur i gario cargo i ddyffryn dyfi. Rwy'n meddwl bod y wybodaeth yma yn ddiddorol iawn, ac am edrych ar fwy o bentrefi tebyg, er enghraifft Dylife. Rwyf hefyd wedi bod yn edrych ar storiau y pentrefi, ac wedi meddwl am recordio fy nain yn adrodd rhai storiau yr oedd yn ei gwybod ers pan oedd hi'n blentyn. 

I've been thinking about my new project and what should I do for it. It's only a research project but I think it can be a great time to start thinking about what I'd like to do next year. I've been looking into my family tree, in particular my mother's side, and looking at an old book from as far back as the victorian age with my ancestors in. Found it such a treasure and would love to work with it. Also, found many information books on my village at home and how it used to be a massive import town for most of Mid-Wales. Found this fascinating and would love to look into the derelict and ghost villages of my home town. Dylife is also a derelict slate quarry village that used to be very busy. I've also been looking into some stories and fables about these villages, have thought about recording my grandparents talk of some of the stories they knew as children. 

Mae gen i amser prysur o fy mlaen gan fy mod angen gwneud portffolio ar gyfer cyfweliad, mae gen i hefyd profiad gwaith am bythefnos arall. Mae'n rhaid i fy nhraethawd fod i mewn erbyn Hydref! Rwy'n edrych ar Festival of Britain 1951 a'r cylchwyl sy'n digwydd y flwyddyn hon. Rwy'n edrych ymlaen i fynd i Llundain i weld y casgliad sydd gennyn nhw o 1951. Dyna i gyd am wan! 

I've got a busy time ahead as I need to sort out a portpholio for an interview, also I have my placement for another two weeks. My dissertation needs to be handed in by October! I'm looking at the Festival of Britain 1951 and the diamond anniversary celebrations this year, looking forward to visiting London over the summer to see the collections they have from 1951. That's all for now!