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Project Cardiff

Saturday, May 5th, 2012
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ProjectCardiff will consist of a series of portraits of those people who make a valuable contribution to the life and soul of Wales’ capital city.

This inaugural chapter of ProjectCardiff will focus upon those individuals who are making a positive contribution to the creative cultural life of Wales’ capital city. These individuals may be involved in some way with artistic, creative, design or cultural endeavours: people who help to shape, influence & make a difference in Cardiff through their talent, enthusiasm and hard work.

ProjectCardiff invites the community of Cardiff to participate in this project by nominating their own creative and inspirational heroes. Help us identify these individuals whether they be artists, activists, architects, bloggers, crafters, designers, developers, entrepreneurs, film makers, organisers, promoters, performers, imaginators…

What is it about these individuals that impresses most?
How are they making a difference?

ProjectCardiff seeks to unearth the interesting and inspiring stories of Cardiff’s inhabitants and draw people’s attention to the city’s vibrant energy and abundance of talent.

ProjectCardiff is not intended to be a popularity contest and as such individuals will not be selected based upon the number of nominations they receive. Nominations for neophytes to the creative and cultural industries will be considered with equal merit to those received for long established creative entrepreneurs who have brought a multitude of activities, events and other projects to the city.

A selection panel will be convened later this year to assess the nominations received along with those names canvassed from conversations with the lovely people who dwell in this energetic young city following which individuals will be invited to sit for a portrait by the talented photographer Lann Niziblian.

Do please visit www.projectcardiff.com to make a contribution to this project and nominate a Cardiffian who has inspired you recently.


Photograph by Lann Niziblian: ‘Daniel’ (2011)

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Pinhole Photography

Thursday, April 12th, 2012
Posted in: Artwork, Blog

These are two images I created using a home made pinhole camera whilst on a trip to Southerndown beach when I was in college many moons ago. I discovered them again recently after a spring cleaning session.

The first (white) image is the original negative that would have been housed in the pinhole camera; the second (black) image is the final positive image that was created by contact printing from the negative in the dark room. If I remember correctly, the elliptical centre focal point which is flooded with more light is the result of having used a curved vessel to house my pinhole camera.

I really enjoyed the physical process of capturing and printing pinhole photographs. It’s just a shame that it’s so impractical to dabble with these processes in the real world.

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St Donats Site Visit

Thursday, March 29th, 2012
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I made a site visit to St Donat’s art centre yesterday morning to have a look at the gallery ready in preparation for an exhibition this summer. We also had a good look around the grounds of the castle wit a view to maybe making a proposal for the installation of some site-specific out door works.

It’s an absolutely magical location with the most beautiful gardens overlooking the South Wales Coast and they have a great programme of events which you can view on their website: www.stdonats.com

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Roath Flea Market Embroidery

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
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I picked up this lovely embroidery from Roath Flea Market last week. How was I supposed to resist the lovely bright colours? And it was less than a fiver! I gave it a wash and it’s now nicely framed and adorning my living room wall.

If you haven’t been to Roath Flea Market then you’re missing a trick. I only found out about following a chance conversation last week but it’s a magical shed full of musty delights. Whether it’s a treasure trove or a junk shop will depend upon how miserable a soul you are I suppose but I spent a good couple of hours rummaging around in there of a Saturday afternoon. It took rather a lot of will power to walk away with just the embroidery.

You can find the Flea Market on Rose Street in Roath.

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Yn Fyw Drawing

Sunday, March 4th, 2012
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I’ve finished another of my Welsh map drawings; this one again using OS Map 141 is repeatedly inscribed with the words Yn Fyw. You can view more images of this piece along with the other drawings in the series in on my gallery pages here.

‘Hiraeth’ will be exhibited at Hastings Museum and Gallery from the 9 March until the 17 June as a part of ‘On the Map’ – an exhibition of historic maps and contemporary map art.

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