Oil on Canvas! No gold leaf but a hint of tin leaf for the oil can and buckle! Gold Leaf Supplies I have always been fascinated by the William Clayton collection of photographs of the Tredegar Tip Girls! As someone who worked in a scrapyard, driving lorries, how women across history worked in what is…… Continue reading Merched Y Tip Cymreig Welsh Tip Girl
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Coed Tal y Fan
Tal y Fan Trypych Craig Tal-y-fan (Tal-y-fan mountainside) and the extensive ancient woodlands on it is Coed Tal-y-Fan (Tal y Fan woods), can be found south east of Melin Ifan Ddu (Blackmill). Pre-16th century historic boundaries of Cymru were called ‘Cantrefi’, (derived from the Welsh “Cant” meaning a hundred); it was a unit of land made…… Continue reading Coed Tal y Fan
Art, Landscape and Cymraeg
I was born and brought up in Bridgend and went to both Brynteg and Bryntirion Comprehensive Schools. What we were taught of Welsh history was non-existent. The Bridgend of my youth, with vivid memories of the cattle market, indoor market, the Ship Inn and the iconic Town Hall are now sadly gone. Walking around the…… Continue reading Art, Landscape and Cymraeg
Pethau Bach 