Oriel Pobl - People's Gallery
Mae'r oriel hon yn cynnwys lluniau, fideo, sain, perfformiad a gwaith tecst sy'n archwilio:
"Pwy ydym ni, Merched Chwarel, a sut mae ein hestheteg, hunaniaeth, cysylltiad â lle, diwylliant ac iaith yn cael eu cyfryngu gan y chwareli?"
Byddem wrth ein bodd ychwanegu eich gwaith i'r oriel! Croeso i e-bostio eich gwaith, teitl ac unrhyw ddisgrifiad a dolenni gwe i lindsey.colbourne@me.com
This gallery contains image, video, sound, performance and text-based works that explore:
"Who are we, the Merched Chwarel, and how are our aesthetics, identity, connection to place, culture and language mediated by the quarries?"
We would be delighted to add your work to the gallery! Please email your work, its title and any description and weblinks to lindsey.colbourne@me.com
Yr Oriel - The Gallery
Click on the images to see video/sound works, to read more, or to view image in larger view
Llechwedd, Kathy Hopewell
January 2019
A piece put together by Kathy after the Llechwedd Canu Chwarel Singing Slate workshop.
Click on the image to read Kathy’s piece
Everyday, Linda Jean John
‘Every Day’ was originally made for an Exhibition entitled 'My Place'.
Place can be both physical, and ostensibly real, and constructed, as in invented from what we choose to acknowledge, or remember. Remembering is always untrustworthy, but the ‘construction' of what we think are significant past events, or places, are essential to anchor us within what can often be a troublesome present. With age, when "the sands" begin to move in, we quarry deeper into our stored memories for nuggets, kernels of personal truths that are essential to give our lives meaning.
We are all quarrywomen and men, or will be.
Click on the image to view the video
Added by: Linda Jean John
Chwarel Penmaenmawr, Jwls Williams
Oil painting and video
Added by: Jwls Williams, 2016
Digging Down,
Lindsey Colbourne, Chris.Dugrenier, Sam Frankie Fox
A film of a collaborative, participatory 'women's caban' involving archaeology, debate and a meal with National Theatre Wales, inspired by the women of Coed Gwydr.
Added by: Lindsey Colbourne, 2015
Merched Chwarel Brynsiencyn,
Wanda Garner
I live in Brynsiencyn... where many quarry workers travelled from, I have been thinking about the women connected to the quarries... those left behind…
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Wanda Garner, 2019
'Sturzstrom' (a landslide event for voices)
The Merched Chwarel Canu Chwarel Singing Slate workshops reminded me of another project I was involved in for the cultural section of the Olympics in 2012. It involved singing a specially commissioned piece in a quarry!
I made some work to go with this, collagraphs of the landslide .
Added by: Wanda Garner
The testimony of Patience Kershaw
A song by a mining woman in Yorkshire of the 1840s - contributed to the outlawing of women working underground in 1843
Added by: Barbara Byatt
Bwthyn Cadi Rondol
Symudiad o’r gantawd am hanes Ynys Môn - ‘Dirion Dir’ - i unawdwyr, corau a band pres.
A movement from the cantata about the history of Anglesey - ‘Dirion Dir’ (Gentle Land) - for soloists, choirs and brass band.
Click on the image to hear the cantata.
See more about the story of the Copr Ladis
Gareth Glyn
Gosodiad Crawia,
Rhiannon Gwyn
Rwyf yn wreiddiol o Sling ger Bethesda, Gogledd Cymru ond ar hyn o bryd yn byw ac yn gweithio yng Nghaerdydd lle rwyf yn fy nhrydedd flwyddyn yn astudio ar gyfer y cwrs gradd BA (Anrhydedd) Artist Dylunydd: Gwneuthurwr ym Mhrifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd. Mae fy ngwaith fwyaf diweddar yn seiliedig ar dirwedd Eryri ac mae fy nehongliad o chwareli Gogledd Cymru wedi fy arwain i weithio gyda llechi yn bennaf.
I am originally from Sling near Bethesda but at the moment living and working in Cardiff where I am in my final year studying a degree in BA (Hons) Artist Designer: Maker at Cardiff Metropolitan University. My most recent work is influenced by the landscapes of Snowdonia and my interpretation of the quarries of North Wales which has led me to work primarily with slate.
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Rhiannon Gwyn, 2019
Voices from the Deep, Sioned Eleri Roberts & Katherine Betteridge
A music performance inspired by and filmed in Croesor Mine near Beddgelert on the Winter Solstice 2016.
Added by: Sioned Eleri Roberts & Katherine Betteridge
Yn y Dyffryn Hwn: Anthem Dyffryn Nantlle
Karen Owen sydd piau geiriau ‘Yn y dyffryn hwn’, anthem Dyffryn Nantlle – prosiect cymunedol gyda Bryn Fôn, Craig ab Iago (Pencampwr y Gymraeg, Cyngor Gwynedd), Cefin Roberts a Justin Davies (Gwibdaith Hen Frân). Dyma’r unig ardal yng Nghymru sydd â'i hanthem ei hun!
Added by: Karen Owen
Yma - Absennol
Call and response of present and absent Merched Chwarel
Added by: Merched Chwarel, 2017
Emily Hughes
‘Unearth’ Collection
Emily is a Ceramic Artist from North Wales. Recently graduated with an MA from Glyndwr University her work explores themes of place and belonging. Living in the shadow of Penmaenmawr Quarry, each piece is inspired by her surroundings.
‘Unearth’ Collection
Representation of place and the history it holds is essential to my working practice. Growing up near a quarry I have always been fascinated by the site itself. The harshness of the landscape and its industrial past and present continue to fuel my making. Creating my artwork allows me to develop a closer connection to the quarry.
Quarry Relics, Louise Gibson Morgan
I have always been awed by the architectural relics, left behind by the local slate quarrying. The remnants of the industry long since forgotten and allowed to decay, inspired many childhood games and inspire me as an Artist today…
Click on the image to see more of Louise’s work, and her relationship with quarries, including her mother who worked at Penrhyn Quarry
Louise Gibson Morgan, 2019
Dal dy Dir,
Lindsey Colbourne
A film exploring women's contemporary relationship to the quarries of NW Wales, an entirely man-made environment. It particularly explores scale, absence/presence and fault lines. The voice over is made of nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs from 13 women answering the question "what is your connection to the quarries of NW Wales and how do you feel about them?".
Added by: Lindsey Colbourne, 2017
Merched Mynydd Parys
Performiad yn y ‘steddfod genedlaethol, gyda Lindsey Colbourne, Lisa Hudson, Sioned Eleri Roberts, katherine Betteridge, Rhys Trimble, Iolo Price, Cai Ladd.
Click on the image to see the performance. 2017
Ynghlwm - Roped Together, Kate Lawrence
Performance inspired by the stories and experiences of climbing partners, in particular those between male female partners of yesteryear.
Added by: Kate Lawrence, 2012