05/08/2026
I blinked and July disappeared between my social media fingers in a puff of R&D smoke, with soooo much great stuff happening (that I really should be shouting a bit more about π£)
As part of my Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru Create Award I have quietly been working with incredible mentors, who are supporting me to develop my knowledge and skills in letterpress for bilingual application π
The utterly BRILLIANT, patient and funny has given me wings to fly and refine my skills on my Adana 8 x 5, while introducing me to other learned colleagues within the print making community π
I travelled to see the utterly AMAZING Ellen Nomad Letterpress who kindly let me observe and document the production casting of type from start to finish. A day of awe and pure magic β¨
The equally AMAZING documented our experience through her exquisite photography, allowing me another lense from which to pause, review and appreciate the possiblities and progression of my work and the work that has yet to be β¨
I feel incredibly lucky to have been awarded this time and space to evolve my ideas and the technical application of Welsh language in tandem with my botanical paper works πΌ
I am silly excited to be working with SUPERSTAR literary women Clare Potter and Julia Lockheart to develop my creative confidence in writing and its place within my practice β¨
And somewhere in between it all, I am juggling the summer like many many other parents, with sandy toes and pockets full of treasures from our adventures between the bits in-between β¨
Feeling very grateful indeed π₯Ήπ
Diolch Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru Nomad Letterpress Clare Potter Julia Lockheart π
