#celf

Dyma fy nghelfyddyd ar farmor, y mae darluniad o ddwy coeden aur — yr enw o fy waithio gwyrdd ac aur yn ‘Alban Eilir’; dyma i gyhoeddi pryd ‘Golau o Ddaear’ yn dychwelyd.

Dwi’n eisiau fy waithio i werthu yn y farchnad yr dydd Mawrth yn farchnad Y Fenni toc lol

Hefyd. Os unrhyw un gallu helpu i mi gyda fy Nghymraeg… helpu mawr hynny. Dwi’n byw yn de Cymru - es i ddim yn mynd i’r ysgol gynradd siarad Cymraeg lmao

Yn Saesneg:

This is my artwork on marble. There’s an illustration of two golden trees - the name of my green and gold works is ‘Alban Eilir’; this is to herald when the ‘Light of the Earth’ returns.

I want to sell my work at the market at Abergavenny Market soon lol

I’ll be at both days of Snapped Up market hosted at the Printhaus in Cardiff this weekend :-)

I’ll have many of my mcyt and lesbian prints , as well as stickers and badges. Hope to see you there! <3

So I've felt very overwhelmed these past few months - mainly due to being preoccupied with keeping a roof over my head, putting food on the table and bills paid. I'm still very much preoccupied with all of these things. But slowly, good things are happening amongst the bad and I want to focus on those things.

Firstly, in early February three of my queer art pieces (pictured) were unveiled along with the works of 9 other artists in the Tir Cwiar exhibition in Elysium Gallery in Swansea, in collaboration with On Your Face Collective. It's something I'm immensely proud of and happy about - so many people came to the opening of the exhibition on the 7th and I met so many wonderful people on the night.

Secondly, I have been buoyed by connecting with other queer people in Ceredigion - especially at events like Friday's Aberration Cymru event and I've been buoyed by the support of my friends here in Aberystwyth. You know who you are reading this!

I've been through a lot - so much. So much I can't even begin to describe or explain. I've had losses, I've jumped through hoop after hoop. But I keep going. There's been setbacks aplenty - but I have no intention of putting down pen or paintbrush any time soon.

So, with that in mind - since November I officially became self-employed and declared myself as such to HMRC. Right now, Llyfr Enfys is my sole source of income. Which means, I'll be ramping up selling my prints, poetry and dissertation to help support myself as well as taking on freelance work where I am able.

I've been overwhelmed with the love and warmth of the response to my last post and can confirm as of today I have paid the last looming bill (for now). Thank you so, so much to everyone who has helped support me monetarily - I will be buying more stamps ASAP and then sending everything off to you all 💜

celf newydd