Artist a chrochenydd yw Erin, sy’n byw yng Ngogledd Cymru sydd wrth ei bodd yn arbrofi gyda phriodweddau’r Ddaear fel planhigion, coed, clai gwyllt a mwynau naturiol gan fod ganddyn nhw bosibiliadau di-ben-draw. Mae pob un o’i llestri yn unigryw ac wedi eu gwneud a llaw.
Wedi’i geni a’i magu yng nghefn gwlad Gogledd Cymru ar fferm ei theulu, mae rhieni Erin bob amser wedi annog perthynas ddofn â natur a’r tir. Maen nhw wedi dangos iddi pa mor greadigol yw pigmentau naturiol y Ddaear a sut maen nhw'n lliwio'r dirwedd. Wedi’i dylanwadu gan hyn a’i gwaith fel Archeolegydd Rheoli Treftadaeth, mae ei serameg bychan yn ymchwilio i berthynas dynolryw â natur a ysgogir gan bigmentau’r ddaear yn y dirwedd. Mae gan Erin ddiddordeb mawr mewn yr byd natur - yn astudio y strwythau naturiol o fewn cennau, ffyngau, ofnau, planhigion, blodau gwyllt, coed a chreigiau. Hefyd, mae Erin wrth ei bodd â phigmentau daear, a sut y mae cymdeithasau cynhanesyddol (Neolithig) a hanesyddol yn prosesu a defnyddio pigmentau yn ddiwylliannol . O luniau ogof Neolithig ocr sy'n dangos diwylliant sy'n datblygu, i broses hanesyddol o lliwiau porffor trwy ferwi malwod morol er mwyn lliwio ferthyn y cyfoethog i ddangos statws, mae pigmentau daear a pigmentau naturiol wedi bod rhan hanfodol o hanes dynolryw sydd wedi deillio o'r byd naturiol rydyn ni'n byw ynddo heddiw. Mae diddordeb Erin a’i chariad o bigmentau’r ddaear yn amlwg yn ei serameg gyfoes wrth iddi ddefnyddio’r pigment ocre hynafol - lliw oren llachar sy'n amlwg o fewn y dirwedd - wedi’i chwilota o dir fferm y teulu yn ei gwydreddau.
Ar hyn o bryd mae serameg Erin yn ymchwilio i wydreddau naturiol a'r cysylltiad dynol â phigmentau'r Ddaear. Sut mae’r pigmentau yn y dirwedd yn creu perthynas rhwng dynolryw a natur. Mae ei chrochenwaith unigryw yn galluogi pobl i fynd â darn ffisegol o dirwedd Cymru adref.
Ar ôl astudio Crefyddau a Diwylliannau Dwyrain Asia, daeth Erin yn gyfarwydd â ffurfiau crochenwaith Dwyrain Asia. Fodd bynnag, mae Erin yn cael ei denu'n fwy at serameg bach, trwy daflu llestri bach oddi ar y twmpath ar yr olwyn grochenwaith.
Ar wahan i’w gwaith mewn serameg, mae Erin yn gweithio fel Archeolegydd Rheoli Treftadaeth ac yn arddwraig brwd. Mae hi’n byw yn Nyffryn Clwyd gyda’i chath, Blue.
Erin is an artist and potter based in North Wales who loves experimenting with Earth's properties such as plants, trees, wild clay and natural minerals as they hold endless possibilities. Each of her pieces are hand-crafted which ensures each item is unique.
Born and raised in rural North Wales on her family’s farm, Erin's parents have always encouraged a deep relationship with nature and the land. They have shown her how creative Earth's natural pigments are and how they colour the landscape. Influenced by this and her work as a Heritage Management Archaeologist, her miniature ceramics are investigating mankind’s relationship with nature provoked by earth pigments within the landscape. Erin has a deep fascination with nature - alway studying the natural structures within lichens, fungi, fearns, plants, wild flowers, trees, and rocks. Alongside this, Erin loves earth pigments, and how prehistoric (Neolithic) and historical societies processed and used pigments culturally . From ochre Neolithic cave drawings showing a developing culture, to the historical process of purple dyes by boiling marine snail for the wealthy's cloth to show status, earth pigments and natural pigments have been a vital part in mankind's history which has derived from the natural world we inhabit today. Erin's interest and love of earth pigments is prominent in her contemporary ceramics as she uses the ancient ochre pigment, a prominent bright orange colour within the landscape, foraged from the family's farmland in her glazes.
Erin's ceramics is currently investigating natural glazes and the human connection to Earth's pigments. How the pigments in the landscape create a relationship between mankind and nature. Her unique pottery allows people to take a physical piece of the Welsh landscape home.
Having studied East Asian Religions and Cultures, Erin became familiar with East Asian pottery forms. However, Erin is more drawn to miniature ceramics, through throwing small vessels off the hump on the pottery wheel.
Outside of ceramics, Erin works as a Heritage Management Archaeologist and is a keen horticulturalist who lives in the Vale of Clwyd with her cat, Blue.