[{"text_idx": "#000002", "text": "Dwi yn tueddu i feddwl allan yn uchel ar hwn ond tybiaf bod unrhyw ddylanwad Celtaidd, sef yr un mwya amlwg o ran synnwyr o berthyn wedi\u2019i gladdu o bosib erbyn yr oes honno a\u2019i ddylawnad hefyd ar wenuthuriad wedi hen fynd, ond eto mae dyluniadau troliau ac olwynion ac offer fel rhawiau mawn efo siapiau naturiol ddeniadol ynddyn nhw er bod y siapiau yno wedi\u2019u creu i bwrpas arbennig \u2013 i weithio ryw ffordd arbennig ddim i edrych fel addurn."}, {"text_idx": "#000003", "text": "Oherwydd hyn dwi wedi bod yn meddwl ers dipyn y bysa defnyddio siap coes pladur fel templed mewn dyluniad bwrdd neu gadair yn gweithio\u2019n dda. Mae\u2019r siap yn ddeniadol i ddechrau arni, a mae\u2019r syniad o ailbwrpasu yn apelio llawer yn enwedig os oes ryw ystyr arall yn cael ei roi iddo. Pa ffarmwr sy\u2019n holi am goes pladur yn yr oes yma? Dim ryw lawer felly fydda i ddim yn eu gwneud nhw, ond eto mae\u2019n bechod gweld y siap yn mynd yn angof rywsut."}, {"text_idx": "#000005", "text": "I tend to think out aloud on this, but I reckon that any Celtic influence, which would be the most obvious one as regards to a feeling of belonging was buried by that time and its influence on makers also long gone. Then again the design of cartwheels, carts and pete spades and cutters have naturally pleasing lines and forms in them \u2013 created for a special purpose, to work a certain way not to look like an ornament."}, {"text_idx": "#000006", "text": "Because of this I\u2019ve been thinking it would be cool to use the shape of an old scythe leg template in a design for a chair or table \u2013 the shape looks attractive to start with and the idea of repurposing appeals a lot, especially if there\u2019s some other meaning attached to it. What farmer would ask anyone to make them a new scythe leg these days? Not many, so I don\u2019t make them, but it\u2019s a shame to see the shape forgotten somehow."}, {"text_idx": "#000007", "text": "Rwan, dwi yn cytuno efo hyn i raddau ond ddim gymaint lle fyswn i\u2019n deud wrth bobol am beidio prynnu dodrefn, ddim hyd yn oed o IKEA. Rhwydd hynt i chi. Y gwahaniaeth am wn i bod y dodrefn dwi a nifer o bobol eraill yn eu creu wedi eu cynhyrchu i bara a bod modd dod i\u2019w trwsio os eith rhywbeth o\u2019i le a rhyngtho fo a\u2019i meatballs fel arall."}, {"text_idx": "#000011", "text": "Now, I agree with this to a certain extent but not so much where I\u2019d tell people not to buy furniture, not even from IKEA. The difference, I guess, is the stuff that I and many other artists create are made to last and can be brought back to be fixed if something does go wrong. I\u2019ll leave him to his meatballs."}, {"text_idx": "#000014", "text": "Wneith yr un o\u2019r gynnau yma danio na lladd neb fyth eto, ond yn hytrach rhoi ysbaid i rywun, cadair heddwch fel petai \u2013 mae i\u2019r gadair symboliaeth yng ngweldydd Africa nid yn anhebyg i\u2019r syniad tu ol i gadair farddol yr Eisteddfod yng Nghymru."}, {"text_idx": "#000018", "text": "Rheswm arall i\u2019w chynnwys oedd ar o\u0302l i mi tweetio llun o\u2019r orsedd mi darganfyddais wedyn y bu eisioes yn Eisteddfod yr Urdd Y Bala tro dwytha rownd ond i mi fethu\u2019r peth yn llwyr. Dydi o\u2019n beth od, y bu raid mi fynd i Lundain i\u2019w gweld hi ynghanol \u2018loot\u2019 yr Ymerodraeth Brydeinig, pan oedd hi mwy neu lai dros y mynydd o\u2019m gweithdy yn Ysbyty Ifan."}, {"text_idx": "#000020", "text": "These gun won\u2019t ever maim or kill another person ever again but rather give someone rest, a chair of peace as it were. The chair has a symbolism in the African nations not unlike the idea behind the bardic chair at the Eisteddfod in Wales."}, {"text_idx": "#000021", "text": "\u2018Well, I\u2019d better go home then. I won\u2019t look any more.\u2019\nAnd off he went home and took a pick and spade and dug at the base of the old apple tree. And there he found the pot full of gold. That\u2019s the story of Tyddyn Cwtyn y Ci."}, {"text_idx": "#000024", "text": "I hadn\u2019t dreamed about it either so there we go, but afterwards I made a smaller scythe leg template to turn into legs for a short 18\u201d table and the results are on the right of the picture below. A small step toward something much bigger."}]