{"product_id":"yr-isdyfiant-the-understory","title":"Yr isdyfiant \/ The understory","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eSiarcol (o'r ffawydd ddisgynedig) ar bapur \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eCharcoal (from fallen beech) on paper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e134 x 100cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Mae’r corff hwn o waith yn dadlenu drwy gyfres o luniadau siarcol , gwnaed y siarcol gan John Egan o ffawydden a syrthiodd. Gan gario gweddillion ei bywyd blaenorol, daw’r deunydd yn gyfrwng ac yn bwnc ar yr un pryd, gan adlewyrchu cylchoedd o drawsnewid a chyfnewid sy’n symud drwy bob mater. Gan ddefnyddio’r siarcol, canolbwyntiais ar goed eraill a oedd wedi syrthio yn y Winllan ym Mhlas Glyn-y-Weddw, gan luniadu fel ffordd o olrhain cyflwr cyffredin o gwymp, adfywio a pharhad. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCefais fy nenu dro ar ôl tro at y gwreiddiau sydd wedi’u troi wyneb i waered, lle mae’r ddaear wedi rhwygo gan ddatgelu ceudodau a mannau mewnol sydd fel arfer yn gudd ac o’r golwg. Mae’r agoriadau hyn yn awgrymu pwyntiau o gysylltiad a throsglwyddiad, lle mae egni’n cylchredeg rhwng yr hyn sy’n weladwy a’r hyn sy’n parhau’n gudd. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeithiau mae’r ffurfiau’n adleisio elfennau o anatomi dynol; ar adegau eraill maent yn datgelu darnau dychmygol o’r amgylchedd adeiledig, gan niwlio’r ffiniau rhwng corff, strwythur a thirwedd. Wedi’u cysylltu ers tro â llên gwerin a myth ar draws diwylliannau, mae’r mannau hyn yn teimlo’n elfennol ond yn anodd eu dal, yn hofran rhwng y cyfarwydd a’r anadnabyddus.” \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e– Alex Boyd Jones \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW152186621 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW152186621 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW152186621 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW152186621 BCX0\"\u003e“This body of work unfolds through a series of drawings using charcoal made by John Egan from a fallen beech tree. Carrying the residue of its former life, the material becomes both medium and subject, reflecting cycles of transformation and exchange that move through all matter. Using this charcoal, I focused on other fallen trees in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW152186621 BCX0\"\u003eWinllan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW152186621 BCX0\"\u003e at Plas Glyn-y-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW152186621 BCX0\"\u003eWeddw\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW152186621 BCX0\"\u003e, drawing as a way of tracing shared states of collapse, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW152186621 BCX0\"\u003eregeneration\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW152186621 BCX0\"\u003e and continuity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335559739\":0}' class=\"EOP SCXW152186621 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW152186621 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW152186621 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW152186621 BCX0\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW152186621 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW152186621 BCX0\"\u003eI was repeatedly drawn to the upturned root systems, where ruptured ground reveals cavities and internal spaces usually hidden from view. These openings suggest points of connection and transmission, where energy circulates between what is exposed and what \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW152186621 BCX0\"\u003eremains\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW152186621 BCX0\"\u003e unseen. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335559739\":0}' class=\"EOP SCXW152186621 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW152186621 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW152186621 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW152186621 BCX0\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW152186621 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW152186621 BCX0\"\u003eAt times, the forms echo elements of human anatomy; at others, they reveal imagined fragments of the built environment, blurring distinctions between body, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW152186621 BCX0\"\u003estructure\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW152186621 BCX0\"\u003e and landscape. Long associated with folklore and myth across cultures, these spaces feel elemental yet elusive, hovering between the familiar and the unknowable.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335559739\":0}' class=\"EOP SCXW152186621 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW152186621 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW152186621 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW152186621 BCX0\"\u003e– \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW152186621 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW152186621 BCX0\"\u003eAlex Boyd Jones\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335559739\":0}' class=\"EOP SCXW152186621 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57481552527747,"sku":null,"price":1375.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3858\/3084\/files\/Alex_Boyd_Jones_The_understory_a3144f8f-458c-4606-9a54-b7fc751575ff.jpg?v=1772457029","url":"https:\/\/oriel-plas-glyn-y-weddw.myshopify.com\/products\/yr-isdyfiant-the-understory","provider":"Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw","version":"1.0","type":"link"}