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    Wrecsam 2011

    Medal Aur am Grefft a Dylunio

    Mae llestri serameg a ffurfiau cerfluniol Peter Bodenham yn archwilio deunydd fel tyst diwylliannol a daearegol. Mae’r gwaith yn edrych yn ofalus ar archaeoleg oes yr Anthropocene, gan ddilyn sut mae gwrthrychau ac arwynebeddau yn cario hanesion amgylcheddol, straeon diwylliannol ac ymyrraeth ddynol dros gyfnod o amser. Trwy daflu ar olwyn, allwthio, adeiladu â llaw a phrosesau argraffu, mae Bodenham yn asio darnau o serameg a adferwyd yn lestri ac assemblage.

    Casglwyd llawer o’r deunydd a adferwyd ar hyd arfordir Gorllewin Cymru, lle mae gwrthrychau a daflwyd, plastigion a darnau serameg wedi eu siapio gan lanw’r môr ac erydiad. Nid olion rhyw golled mo’r darnau hyn i Peter Bodenham, ond deunydd cynhyrchiol, yn cynnwys straeon am ddefnydd, am chwalu ac am adfywhad o fewn cylch bywyd y defnydd sy’n dal i ddigwydd.

  • Wrecsam 2011

    Wrecsam 2011

    Pete's winning work was a collection of plates titled What We Are at Home With (Yr Hyn Rydyn Ni Gartref Gyda). One of the works in the series was a “Rebecca” plate featuring a stylised image of a man dressed in traditional Welsh women’scostume. The imagery refers to the Rebecca Riots, which took place between 1839 and 1843 across west and mid Wales, particularly in Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Cardiganshire. During the protests, men disguised themselves as women and became known as “Rebecca and her Daughters”, challenging the toll gate system and wider social and economic inequalities. The Rebecca image later re-emerged in contemporary Welsh protest culture. In 2001, five artists from west Wales dressed as modern “Rebeccas” appeared in north Pembrokeshire, around Mathry and Tre-bryn, during protests against planned genetically modified (GM) maize trials. The protesters deliberately invoked the spirit of the historic Rebecca movement, using the imagery and symbolism of Rebecca as a form of resistance. Some accounts and later retellings describe symbolic Rebecca-themed bicycle rides and processions connected with the campaign. Supported by local farmers, residents and environmental groups, the campaign was successful: the proposed GM crop trial at Castle Cenlas Farm was withdrawn in May 2001. A version of Bodenham’s Rebecca plate was later included in the National Eisteddfod Special Exhibition in Llanelli in 2014. Peter Bodenham collaborated with local historian Rev. Towyn Jones on the exhibition Dan y Wyneb (Under the Surface). The plate was displayed alongside a conch shell from the Carmarthenshire Museum collection, said to have been used to summon the original Rebecca rioters to the toll-gate protests, creating a direct connection between historical memory and contemporary interpretation.

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