Tag: embroidery

  • Gwynt Traed y Meirw

    Gwynt Traed y Meirw

    There’s a blustery, cruel wind from the south-east, whipping along the streets and making the eyes water. As T.H. Parry-Williams wrote in ‘Gwynt y Dwyrain’ (The east wind), it seems to carry a message: Gan lorio marwolion ar ei hyntI ddangos i ddynion beth yw gwynt Flooring mortals that way and thisTo show humanity what…

  • Esther Grainger, artist and activist

    Esther Grainger, artist and activist

    1 Introduction Around the turn of the century, when I was working in the National Library of Wales, I came across a smallish painting, in oil on board, called ‘Pontypridd at night’.  It struck me at the time as a bold and unusual work, and whenever I saw it I’d stand and admire it. From…