Collection: Audrey Hayes

Yn 2001 gadawodd Audrey ei swydd mewn gwaith cymdeithasol wedi gyrfa 18 mlyned i astudio gradd mewn Dylunio Tri Dimensiwn ym Mhrifysgol Metropolitan Manceinion. Ar ôl ennill gradd anrhydedd dosbarth cyntaf, astudiodd Audrey ddiploma busnes am flwyddyn, ac yna cafodd gynnig swydd fel Dylunydd Preswyl am ddwy flynedd ym Mhrifysgol Metropolitan Manceinion. Yn 2005 enillodd Audrey wobr “New Designers”, gan gystadlu yn erbyn ei chyfoedion o brifysgolion eraill.

Treuliodd Audrey y pum mlynedd nesaf yn ddylunydd/gwneuthurwr hunangyflogedig ac arddangosodd ledled y wlad. Fodd bynnag, yn 2011 penderfynodd ddilyn angerdd arall a daeth yn gerddwr cŵn hunangyflogedig amser llawn, gyrfa a barhaodd 14 mlynedd. Bellach mae Audrey mewn sefyllfa lle gall fwynhau gwneud eto ac mae’n falch iawn mai hon yw ei harddangosfa gyntaf ers 15 mlynedd. Mae’n teimlo’n briodol iawn i Audrey fod yn rhan o Coed Coexist gan mai ei harddangosfa gyntaf erioed oedd ei harddangosfa, “One Tree”. Roedd coeden onnen wedi cwympo yng ngardd Audrey, a gwnaeth amrywiaeth o bethau ohoni—dodrefn, cerfluniau, papur a hyd yn oed gwydredd onnen. Mae Audrey yn teimlo ei bod yn ailymweld â chyfnod hapus iawn yn ei bywyd.

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In 2001 Audrey gave up an 18-year social work career to study a 3-Dimensional Design Degree at Manchester Met University. After achieving a 1st class honours Degree Audrey studied a one-year Business Diploma and was subsequently offered a two-year Designer in Residence position at Manchester Met University. In 2005 Audrey won a ‘New Designers’ award, competing against her contemporaries from other universities.  

Audrey spent the next 5 years being a self-employed designer/maker and exhibited throughout the country, however, in 2011 Audrey decided to follow another passion and became a full time self-employed dog walker, a career that lasted 14 years. Audrey is now in a position where she can enjoy making again and is delighted for this to be her first exhibition in 15 years. It feels very fitting for Audrey to be part of Coed Coexist as her very first exhibition was her very own One Tree exhibition. An ash tree had fallen in Audrey’s garden and she made a variety of things from it, from furniture, sculpture, paper and even an ash glaze. Audrey feels like she is revisiting a very happy moment in her life.