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Celtaidd a Hanesyddol/ Celtic and Historical

Casgliad o atgynhyrchiadau ag addasiadau gelfi Celtaidd a hanesyddol 'dw i 'di gerfio dros y flynyddoedd.

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A collection of adaptions and reproductions of Celtic and historical artworks I've carved over the years.

Hand carved Welsh oak Celtic cross.

Croes celtaidd Cymraeg derw wedi'i gerfio gan Cân Cŷn y Gloran.
Celtic Cross of St. Lawrence Church

Croes Sant Lawrence

Atgynhyrchiad groes celtaidd hyfryd y 9fed neu 10fed ganrif sy'n dal i sefyll yn eglwys fach cudd Sant Lawrence, yng Nghasblaidd Sir Benfro.


Reproduction of a beautiful celtic cross from the 9th or 10th century, still standing in St. Lawrence Church, Wolfscastle, Pembrokeshire.


Image of original: Crown copywrite: RCAHMW

Addasiad crib ifori mewn ffawydden

Carved adaption of medieval ivory comb from Wales in beech wood
'Iechyd Da'

Iechyd Da

Fy addasiad o grib ifori c.1100OC darganfododd yn Nghymru. Beth ma'r môr-forynion yma'n neud yn y chwedl goll 'ma?


My adaptation of an ivory comb c.1100CE found in Wales. What are these mermen doing? Does the horn offer air, drink, or death? Sadly, its story is lost.


Original image: © The Trustees of the British Museum

Carw celtaidd efenglau Lindisfarne yn derw.

Lindisfarne gospels deer woodcarving in oak by Gloran.
Lindisfarne Deer

Carw Lindisfarne

Atgenhedliad un o'r lluniau prydferth sy'n addurno'r Efengylau Lindisfarne.


A reproduction of one of the beautiful illuminations that decorate the Lindisfarne Gospels.


Derw/ Oak

Cerfiad derw o groes Celtaidd hanesyddol Llangewydd

Oak carving of Laleston Ancient Celtic cross
Laleston Cross

Croes Llangewydd

Atgenhedliad croes, darganfododd yn Cae yr Hên Eglwys, Llangewydd, yn 1998, o tua'r 11ed ganrif.


Reproduction of a cross discovered in a field in Laleston (Cae yr Hên Eglwys) in 1998, dating c. 11th century.


Lluniau 1 a 3 o'r llyfyr 'A Corpus of Early Medieval Inscribed Stones & Stone Sculpture in Wales, Vol. 1'


Derw/ Oak

Oak carving of St. Davids' Ancient Celtic cross

Cerfiad derw o groes Celtaidd hanesyddol Tyddewi
St. Davids cross (Pen-Arthur Farm)

Croes Tyddewi (Fferm Pen-Arthur)

Cerfiad groes (o tua'r 9fed ganrif) gafodd ei ddarganfod mewn cae ar fferm Pen-Arthur yn Nyddewi. 


Carving of a cross (c. 9th century) found in a field on Pen-Arthur farm, St. Davids.


Picture of original: Crown copywrite: RCAHMW


O/ from: 'A corpus of medieval inscribed stones and stone sculpture in Wales vol. 2'.


Derw/ Oak

Oak adaptation of tinners' rabbits/ 3 hares Devon.

Addasiad derw 3 Ysgyfarnog St. Andrews Dyfnaint
Tinners' Rabbits/ Devon Hares

3 'Sgwarnog Dyfnaint

Addasiad o boglyn 'di gerfio ar nenfwd eglwys St. Andrews, Dyfnaint, sy'n mynd nôl i'r canoloesoedd.


Adaptation, in low relief, of a carved church ceiling boss in the church of St. Andrews, Devon, dating back to the Middle Ages.


Llun/ Picture 2 sourced: yma/here

Hand carved Scottish luckenbooth in oak.

Luckenbooth Albanaidd gan Cân Cŷn y Gloran mewn Derw.
Adaptation of a Scottish Luckenbooth

Addasiad o Luckenbooth Albanaidd

Addasiad fy hyn o 'Luckenbooth', bathodyn traddodiadol yr Alban sy'n mynd nôl i, o leiaf, yr 17ed ganrif.


My own adaptation of a 'Luckenbooth', a traditional Scottish love brooch going back to, at least, the 17th century.


Derw/ Oak.


Llun/ Picture 2: collection of antique luckenbooths sourced: yma/ here

Hand carved Celtic Cross business sign in oak by Cân Cŷn y Gloran.

Cerfiad am Celtic Coffins LTD.
Oak Business Sign (Celtic Coffins LTD)

Arwydd derw (Celtic Coffins LTD)

Arwydd fusiness, a groes hyfryd, wedi ei cherfio mâs o un darn o dderw am Celtic Coffins LTD.


Business sign, with a beautiful cross, carved from a single piece of oak for Celtic Coffins LTD.


Derw/ Oak 

Croes Celtaidd wedi cerfio wrth law yn derw

Celtic cross hand carved in oak
Celtic Cross (Adapted)

Croes Celtaidd (Addasiad)

Addasiad fodern, seiliedig ar groesau celtaidd hanesyddol, cerfiais i am penblwydd fy nhad llynedd.


A modern adaption, based on historical celtic crosses, I carved for my fathers' birthday last year.


Derw/ Oak


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