Michael Casson
....1 May – 28 June 2010..1 Mai – 28 Mehefin 2010....
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Mick Casson was a seminal figure in the development of contemporary craft in the twentieth century, in the UK and internationally. He was incredibly productive, yet generous in contributing back to craft development projects and supporting younger makers. Mick was a people person with a gift for empathy, an ability to connect at a very personal level with those he came into contact with. All in all for over forty years, Mick Casson’s influence on domestic ware spread far and wide, raising the profile and increasing understanding of contemporary making practice. The visual language of the best domestic ware today bears clear evidence of this legacy: constant self-critique and innovation, great sophistication in form and mark-making, all of which is rewarded by open and engaged contemplation.
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Yr oedd Mick Casson yn gymeriad arloesol yn natblygiad crefft gyfoes yr ugeinfed ganrif, yn y DU ac yn rhyngwladol. Yr oedd yn anhygoel o gynhyrchiol ond ar yr un pryd yn hael ei gefnogaeth i grefftwyr ifanc. Yr oedd Mick yn berson llawn empathi ac yn meddu’r ddawn o fedru bod yn agos at y rhai y deuai i gysylltiad â nhw. Yn wir, am dros ddeugain mlynedd, ymledodd dylanwad Mick Casson ar lestri i’r cartref ymhell gan godi eu proffil a chynyddu dealltwriaeth o ymarferiad cyfoes. Y mae iaith weledol ein llestri domestig heddiw yn ernes o’i etifeddiaeth ef: hunan-feirniadaeth ac arloesi, ffurfiau a marciau soffistigedig, a’r cyfan yn ffrwyth myfyrdod.
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