Verity Pulford
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Glass
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Gwaith Gwydr
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Verity is a glass artist living and working in rural North Wales. Verity uses a wide range of processes to create her work, combining kiln‑forming, architectural and casting techniques in unique ways to produce vessels, sculpture, installations, and both architectural and public art.
Her work is inspired by organic structures, particularly the small details: the shapes and textures of algae, fungi, lichen, moss, and ferns. Verity is also fascinated by the cataloguing of nature - natural history artefacts, early cyanotypes, x‑rays, microscopic images of the human body, and botanical drawings.
The qualities of glass inspire Verity constantly: its fragility and strength; its transparency and opacity; its ability to build layers; and its depth, pattern, and texture. She is continually drawn to how glass can transmit, reflect, and channel light.
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Artist gwydr yw Verity sy’n byw ac yn gweithio yng ngogledd Cymru wledig. Mae Verity yn defnyddio ystod o brosesau i greu ei gwaith, gan gyfuno ffurfio mewn odyn, technegau pensaernïol a chastio mewn ffyrdd unigryw i gynhyrchu llestri, cerfluniau, gosodweithiau, a chelfyddyd bensaernïol a chyhoeddus hefyd.
Caiff ei gwaith ei ysbrydoli gan strwythurau organig, yn enwedig y manylion bach: siapiau a gweadeddau algâu, ffyngau, mwsogl a rhedyn. Mae Verity hefyd yn ymddiddori’n fawr mewn catalogio natur – arteffactau byd natur, cyanodeipiau cynnar, pelydrau-x, delweddau microsgopig o’r corff dynol, a darluniau botanegol.
Mae nodweddion gwydr yn ysbrydoli Verity’n barhaus: ei freuder a’i gryfder, ei dryloywder a’i anhryloywder; ei allu i adeiladu haenau; a’i ddyfnder, patrwm, a gweadedd. Caiff ei denu’n barhaol at y modd mae gwydr yn gallu trosglwyddo, adlewyrchu, a sianelu golau.
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These short vessels have been gravity formed and have patterns inspired by macro plant structures on the outside and complementary details hidden internally. They are made of white glass and are sandblasted to a matt finish.
Gravity forming is the process of creating a flat glass ‘blank’ and then letting this fall with the heat of the kiln through a mould with a hole in the centre. As the glass drapes through the bowl or vase is formed by the glass stretching. When it has cooled it is taken out of the kiln and the vessel cut from the rim and coldworked. A flat area is ground onto the bottom, so the piece sits securely.
This piece is blue and white.
Height: 9 cm
Width: 4 cm
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Cafodd y llestri byrion hyn eu ffurfio drwy ddisgyrchiant ac mae ganddyn nhw batrymau a ysbrydolwyd gan strwythurau macro planhigion y tu allan a manylion sy’n cydgordio ynghudd yn fewnol. Gwnaed o wydr gwyn ac maen nhw wedi’u sgwrio â thywod i orffeniad mat.
Proses o greu gwydr gwastad ‘blanc’ yw ffurfio drwy ddisgyrchiant ac yna ei ganiatáu i syrthio gyda gwres yr odyn drwy fowld â thwll yn y canol. Wrth i’r gwydr daenu drwyddo caiff y bowlen neu’r fas ei ffurfio drwy ymestyn y gwydr. Pan fydd y llestr wedi oeri caiff ei dynnu o’r odyn a’i dorri o’r ymyl a’i weithio’n oer. Caiff man gwastad ei felino i’r gwaelod, fel bod y darn yn sefyll yn gadarn.
Mae’r darn hwn yn las a gwyn
Uchder: 9 cm
Lled: 4 cm
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