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Dylan’s Pencil
Cwmdonkin Park
During Mark Folds’ research visit to Cwmdonkin Park, he was inspired by the presence of a large tree stump standing at over 30 foot high, as well as the long association the park has with the poet Dylan Thomas. The poet is known to have written many of his early works in or about Cwmdonkin Park in the 1930’s, no doubt using pencil and paper and possibly under this actual tree.
Mark Folds’ new sculpture, ‘Dylan’s Pencil’, represents simple, humble beginnings: initial ideas jotted down on paper by a writer; the sketches made by an artist; the starting point for all types of creativity. The aim of the work is to engage people in thinking that something amazing, such as Dylan Thomas’ poetry, emerged from something so basic in this place.
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Dylan’s Pencil
Parc Cwmdonkin
Yn ystod ymweliad ymchwil Mark Folds i Barc Cwmdonkin, cafodd ei ysbrydoli gan boncyff coeden mawr, dros 30 troedfedd o uchder, yn ogystal â’r cysylltiad hir sydd gyda’r pharc a’r bardd, Dylan Thomas. Mae’n hysbys bod y bardd wedi ysgrifennu llawer o’i weithiau cynnar yn y parc, neu o gwmpas yr ardal, yn ystod y 1930au, gan ddefnyddio papur a phensil, yn ôl pob tebyg, ac efallai hyd yn oed dan yr union goeden hon.
Mae cerflun newydd Mark Folds, ‘Dylan’s Pencil’, yn cynrycholi dechreuadau syml, ostyngedig: syniadau cychwynnol, wedi’i nodi ar bapur gan awdur; brasluniau a wnaed gan artist; y mannau cychwyn ar gyfer pob math o greuadigrwydd. Nod y darn yw i annog pobl i feddwl bod rhywbeth mor ryfeddol â barddoniaeth Dylan Thomas, er enghraifft, wedi tarddu o rywbeth mor sylfaenol yn y lle hwn.
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