09/06/2025
ARDDANGOSFEYDD YSBYTY BRONGLAIS
EXHIBITIONS BRONGLAIS HOSPITAL 9/6/2025- 15/9/2025
Ystafell Fwyta a choridor i’r Carferi / Dining Room and corridor to the Carvery
BRUCE CARDWELL: BYD BACH ABER &
DAWN RADLEY: Myfyrfodau o Gymru / Reflections of Wales
DAWN RADLEY Reflections of Wales
From childhood I have always had an interest in all Arts.
Together with my late husband we ran a furniture making business using traditional methods and native timbers.
Following early retirement, I then had the time to explore my love of art, and was inspired living in rural Wales, close to the mountains and sea.
Over ten years ago I started to explore Linocuts and attended quite a few courses and joined a local art group.
I have progressed and enjoy doing Reduction Linocuts, particularly of the local area. The process takes longer, but I find the end result rewarding.
A few years ago I was given some Oil Paints, as a present, I enjoy exploring and using the pallet knife technique. The Oils are slow drying and that gives scope to alter or change things that I am not completely happy with.
I was always interested in Enamels, more recently I acquired a Kiln and have been producing Enamel tiles, using locally sourced Ferns and Seaweed.
The kiln has a magical influence on the finished piece.
I continue to explore this medium, as it sparks joy!
DAWN RADLEY Myfyrdodau o Gymru
O'r plentyndod, rydw i wedi bod â diddordeb ym mhob Celfyddyd erioed.
Ynghyd â'm diweddar ŵr, roedden ni'n rhedeg busnes gwneud dodrefn gan ddefnyddio dulliau traddodiadol a phren brodorol.
Ar ôl ymddeol yn gynnar, cefais yr amser i archwilio fy nghariad at gelf, a chefais fy ysbrydoli gan fyw yng nghefn gwlad Cymru, yn agos at y mynyddoedd a'r môr.
Dros ddeng mlynedd yn ôl, dechreuais archwilio Toriadau Lino a mynychu cryn dipyn o gyrsiau ac ymuno â grŵp celf lleol.
Rydw i wedi symud ymlaen ac yn mwynhau gwneud Toriadau Lino Gostyngiad, yn enwedig o'r ardal leol. Mae'r broses yn cymryd mwy o amser, ond rydw i'n gweld y canlyniad terfynol yn werth chweil.
Ychydig flynyddoedd yn ôl, cefais rai Paentiau Olew, fel anrheg, rydw i'n mwynhau archwilio a defnyddio'r dechneg cyllell paled. Mae'r Olewau'n sychu'n araf ac mae hynny'n rhoi cyfle i newid pethau nad ydw i'n hollol hapus â nhw.
Roeddwn i bob amser â diddordeb mewn Enamel, yn fwy diweddar, cefais Odyn ac rydw i wedi bod yn cynhyrchu teils Enamel, gan ddefnyddio Rhedyn a Gwymon o ffynonellau lleol.
Mae gan yr odyn ddylanwad hudolus ar y darn gorffenedig.
Rwy'n parhau i archwilio'r cyfrwng hwn, gan ei fod yn ennyn llawenydd!
BYD BACH ABER
Syniad y ffotograffydd Bruce Cardwell yw Byd Bach Aber, prosiect sy’n dathlu cymeriad unigryw’r dref arbennig hon ac amrywiaeth ein cymuned yn ystod y 2020au. Yn wreiddiol o Belfast, daeth Bruce Cardwell i Aberystwyth i astudio yn 1981, ac fel llawer cafodd ei swyno gan y dref a’i phobl. Fel un sy’n cyfaddef ei fod wrth ei fodd yn ‘gwylio pobl’, mae nod Bruce yn fwy na chofnodi’r bobl hyn yn unig. Wrth dynnu lluniau pobl, mae’n dathlu’r amrywiaeth fywiog a’r unigolion gwahanol yn ein cymuned. Wrth ddod ar draws ei destunau, mae darganfod eu straeon a meithrin hyder yn bwysig i Bruce wrth bortreadu eu personoliaeth. Mae gwahanol gasgliadau o ffotograffau Byd Bach Aber i’w gweld yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru, Canolfan y Celfyddydau Aberystwyth, Amgueddfa Ceredigion, Ysbyty Bronglais ac mewn sawl siop a busnes ar hyd a lled y dref dros yr haf. Bydd hefyd cyfres o ddigwyddiadau a gweithgareddau’n cael eu cynnal i ddod â’r prosiect a’r arddangosfa’n fyw ar gyfer y gymuned ac ymwelwyr.
Byd Bach Aber - ‘Small World of Aberystwyth’ - is the brainchild of photographer Bruce Cardwell. The project celebrates the unique character of this special town and our community during the 2020s. Originally from Belfast, Bruce Cardwell came to Aberystwyth to study in 1981 and like many was charmed by the town and its people. As a self-confessed ‘people watcher’, Bruce’s aim is more than just recording people. Just recording people, he celebrates the vibrant individuality in our community. When encountering his subjects, discovering their stories and building trust is important to Bruce while capturing their personality. Different collections of the Byd Bach Aber photographs can be seen at The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Ceredigion Museum, Bronglais Hospital and many shops and business throughout the town over the summer. There will also be a series of events and activities to bring the exhibition and project alive to the community and visitors
