ABOUT ODYN DDU

Rebecca Williams’ hand-built ceramics capture the form, colours, plants and animals of her native land, Sir Benfro (Pembrokeshire) on the western edge of Cymru (Wales). She combines her experience as a sculptor and archaeological technician and her acute observations of the natural and built environment to create work with both artistic and functional integrity. 

Rebecca is a first-language Welsh speaker, with a fascinating family history woven from the lives of farmers and mariners, lace-makers, lawyers and architects. She studied at Central St Martins and lived in Germany for many years. Her fluent German and knowledge of art and design has led to many commissions to translate exhibition notes and catalogues for museums including the Bauhaus Museum Dessau and the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.

Odyn Ddu (Black Kiln) is the name of one of her father’s fields near Tremarchog. It is the site of an ancient kiln which produced pots made from the dark clay to be found just under the surface of the land. 

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Mae’r serameg a wnaed â llaw gan Rebecca Williams yn crisialu ffurf, lliwiau, planhigion ac anifeiliaid gwlad ei mebyd, Sir Benfro, ar gyrion gorllewinol Cymru. Mae hi'n cyfuno ei phrofiad fel cerflunydd a thechnegydd archaeolegol a'i harsylwadau craff o'r amgylchedd naturiol ac adeiledig i greu gwaith ag uniondeb artistig ac ymarferol. 

Mae Rebecca yn siarad Cymraeg fel iaith gyntaf, ac mae ganddi hanes teuluol hynod ddiddorol wedi'i blethu o fywydau ffermwyr a morwyr, gwneuthurwyr les, cyfreithwyr a phenseiri. Astudiodd yn Central St Martins a bu’n byw yn yr Almaen am flynyddoedd lawer. Mae ei Halmaeneg rugl a’i gwybodaeth am gelf a dylunio wedi arwain at lawer o gomisiynau i gyfieithu testunau a chatalogau ar gyfer amgueddfeydd, gan gynnwys y Bauhaus Museum Dessau ac y Kunsthistorisches Museum yn Fienna.

Odyn Ddu yw enw un o gaeau ei thad ger Tremarchog. Dyma safle odyn hynafol a oedd yn cynhyrchu potiau wedi'u gwneud o'r clai tywyll ychydig o dan wyneb y tir.