Collection: Rachel Wood

Ganed Rew (fel eu hadweinir) yng Ngwlad yr Haf, a’i magu yng Nghaerwrangon, Gogledd Cymru, Portiwgal, Caerdydd a Rutland. Astudiodd yng Nghaergrawnt ac yna ymgartrefodd ar y Gororau. Aeth ei chariad at gelf â hi hefyd i Tsieina, Rwsia, a'r Unol Daleithiau. Heddiw mae hi wedi'i lleoli yn y Gororau rhwng yr afon Mynwy ac afon Gwy wedi'i hamgylchynu gan goed hynafol a bywyd gwyllt. Mae'n byw gyda'i phartner a thri o blant ar dyddyn lle maent yn magu llawer o ieir, hwyaid, gwyddau, amrywiaeth o fridiau defaid, mochyn a chŵn bach direudus!

Ers yn ifanc, mae hi wedi bod yn hoff o'r amgylchedd, gan ymgyrchu i'w warchod. Mae wedi ei hyfforddi i ofalu a nyrsio rhai rhywogaethau o fywyd gwyllt sydd wedi'u hanafu neu eu hamddifadu. Yn seiliedig ar ei holl brofiadau gyda byd natur, mae Rew yn cerflunio mewn arddull hylif rhydd i ddangos personoliaethau a chwirciau unigryw ei phynciau.

Mae yn cerflunio mewn amrywiaeth o glai, ffabrigau a flotsam, ac yn defnyddio pob math o ddeunyddiau wedi'u huwchgylchu i greu ei hystod eang iawn o gynhyrchion, sy’n llawn cymeriad, yn aml yn ddoniol a hyd yn oed weithiau'n anghwrtais, ond yn dal yn swynol iawn, fel ei chŵn bach!

Rew (as she is known by her initials R.E.W.), was born in Somerset, brought up in Worcester, N.Wales, Portugal, Cardiff & Rutland. She studied in Cambridge and then settled on the Welsh Borders. Her love of Art also took her to China, Russia, and The United States. Today she is based in the Marches between the river Monnow and the river Wye surrounded by ancient trees and free roaming wildlife. She lives with her partner and three children upon a small-holding under which umbrella are many chickens, ducks, geese, an assortment of sheep breeds, a pig and some extremely wilful small dogs that might identify as dachshunds if you asked them, but that’s unlikely as they are very fast and incapable of speaking politely in good company!

From a young age Rew has been a lover of the environment, campaigning for its protection and later training to care for and nurse some species of injured or abandoned wildlife. Based on all her experiences with nature, Rew sculpts in a free fluid style to show the personalities and unique quirks of her subjects.

Rew sculpts in a variety of clays, fabrics and flotsam. She paints, guilds and smiths all manner of up-cycled materials to create her very broad range of products which are well observed, characterful, often amusing and even occasionally as rude, but still very charming, as her small dogs!