....Susan O’Byrne: Five Sisters and a Family Tree – New ceramic works..Susan O’Byrne: Pum Chwaer a Choeden Deuluol – Gweithiau serameg newydd....

....26 September – 22 November 2015..26 Medi – 22 Tachwedd 2015....

....Gallery 3..Oriel 3....

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Five Sisters and a Family Tree is a new body of ceramics from the hugely talented Susan O’Byrne. It offers a very personal journey into a private world. “I’m taking inspiration from my own family history, specifically my mother’s side of the family who migrated from Germany to Ireland in the mid 1800s. The five sisters are my grandmother and her four sisters. They will each be represented by a ceramic animal, and are the largest pieces in the exhibition.” Susan writes: “Our childhoods are filled with animal images, their many names, shapes, colours and patterns fuel our early imaginations. Throughout history animals have also been used in storytelling, legend and folklore to simplify the complexities of adult life. In the same manner, I use the animal form as a vehicle for the expression of human emotions.”

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Mae Pum Chwaer a Choeden Deuluol yn gasgliad newydd o serameg gan yr hynod dalentog Susan O’Byrne. Mae’n cynnig taith bersonol iawn i fyd preifat. “Mae fy ysbrydoliaeth yn dod o hanes fy nheulu fy hun, yn benodol ochr fy mam o’r teulu, ymfudodd o’r Almaen i Iwerddon yng nghanol y 1800au. Fy nain a’i phedair chwaer yw y pum chwaer. Cynrychiolir pob un gan anifail serameg, a rhain yw’r darnau mwyaf yn yr arddangosfa.” Ysgrifenna Susan: “Mae’n plentyndod yn llawn o ddelweddau anifeiliaid, e’u holl enwau, siapiau, lliwiau a phatrymau yn tanio ein dychymyg cynnar. Drwy gydol hanes hefyd mae anifeiliaid wedi’u defnyddio mewn adrodd straeon, chwedlau a llên gwerin i symleiddio cymhlethdodau bywyd oedolyn. Yn yr un modd, rwy’n defnyddio ffurf anifail fel cyfrwng i fynegi emosiynau dynol.”

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