Fforwm Dylunio’r Defnyddwyr

Dyma grŵp sy’n pontio’r cenedlaethau ac sy’n cynnwys oedolion ifanc o Fforwm Ieuenctid Caerffili, eu harweinwyr Ieuenctid a phedwar athro o ysgolion uwchradd de Cymru. Mae’r grŵp wedi bod yn cyfarfod ers dros ddwy flynedd ac wedi gweithio’n agos gyda’r penseiri ar ddyluniad yr adeilad newydd (y Gweithdy) a datblygu’r Prif Adeilad. Maent hefyd wedi bod yn cyfarfod â’r dylunwyr arddangosfa (Event) i roi adborth am y syniadau ar gyfer y gofodau oriel. Eu cyfraniad diweddaraf oedd mynychu gweithdai dehongli lle cawsant gyfle i ymateb yn uniongyrchol i wrthrychau a thrafod dulliau o gyflwyno a dehongli gyda’r curaduron perthnasol.

Dyma luniau o’r grŵp ar daith feincnodi i M Shed ym Mryste (gofod arddangos a ddyluniwyd gan Event) a’r gweithdy dehongli ym mis Gorffennaf.

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I've been taking photographs of all the activities I've been a part of, but keep forgetting to update the blog with them. Therefore this is going to have to be a two-parter as I have so much stuff to update you all with.

Ok. Let's go:

Our summer art cart activities included the super successful Iron Age shield making workshop. Ian (the celtic guy) and I spent two days running the workshop and we were really lucky to have volunteers on hand too as with all the glue, paint and celtic pattern designing it was pretty crazy. As you can see from the pictures, the finished results were just beautiful. I love the one that looks like maybe Chagall had a hand in it.

Artist Tracey Williams made the most wonderful house out of cardboard with visitors over the summer, inspired by our buildings on site. It was a lovely community project which I stupidly don't have any photos of!

I spent the rest of august doing a variety of art and craft workshops - we did some sketching of nature in the bird hide, made dragonflies out of wooden pegs and did gorgeous drawings and collages of the lily pads in the Italian Gardens with a bit of inspiration from Monet. We also did some sewing and made felt flower badges which were really popular.

If you took part in any of these activities, do you have any photographs you could share? and what did you think of our locations this year? was it fun going to the Italian gardens (I know I enjoyed it) or was it too far away from the main entrance? let me know!

So part one of my epic sharing of photos with you looked at our summer art and craft activities. Part two is all about the food festival and a couple of craftivist sessions.

On a lovely sunny day up in the Italian gardens we had a picnic and took part in the Craftivist Collective project all about fashion. The project is all about how we love fashion and hate sweatshops, and as part of our event we talked about where we buy our clothes and what we can do to help the situation. It definitely made us all think more about ethical fashion and sustainability!

Another Craftivist project we've been a part of this year is the #imapiece jigsaw project. Earlier in the year we had a session where we made fabric jigsaw pieces embroidered with messages about global hunger and sent them to the craftivist collective to be a part of a huge installation. Just a couple of weeks ago we got a part of the installation back (300 pieces out of a whopping 700 or so) and exhibited it in St Fagans: National History Museum. We have also been adding to the installation ourselves, it will be up for a few days yet, so come and see it and let me know if you would like to add your own message.

For the food festival this year, myself and genius gardener Bernice made herbal teabags! Bernice picked and dried mint, lemon balm, fennel seeds and Elderflower from the gardens here in the museum and then we bought some teabags to fill and made little envelopes to put the teabags in for safe keeping, or as a sweet gift. We also made sure we had a pot of tea on the go all day and almost everyone liked our blend!

The last thing I wanted to tell you about is the Wedding Fayre that was held here a couple of weeks ago. You probably already know that you can get married here in St Fagans, either in the castle or in Oakdale. Well, now you can also have a hen afternoon tea party as well! as part of this tea party you can learn to dance, have hair and make-up done (vintage style), or get all crafy with me! The photos show what kind of things we could make... tissue pom-poms, name places, bunting... it will be lovely and I can't wait to take part!

That's all for today, but I do have some knit and sew group photos to share next time, and look out for half term halloween arts and crafts and quilt club on the 2nd and november. Happy Autumn!

Helo, a chroeso i gofnod cyntaf ein cylchlythyr rheolaidd am ddatblygiad Fforymau Cyfranogi Sain Ffagan Amgueddfa Werin Cymru. Fel rhan o’r project ailddatblygu cyffrous (diolch i grantgan Gronfa Dreftadaeth y Loteri), mae’r Amgueddfa wedi bod yn datblygu dulliau o ymgysylltu â’r cyhoedd a thrafod â chynrychiolwyr sefydliadau’r trydydd sector ac unigolion o Fôn i Fynwy. Mae'r grwpiau yn nodweddiadol am eu bod yn rhan o'n ffordd newydd o weithio, ac yn gam sylweddol tuag at ein nod o fod yn amgueddfa sy'n wirioneddol gyfranogol.

Bydd trin a thrafod yn thema amlwg yn yr orielau newydd. Mae’r curaduron yn gweithio gyda’r tîm dylunio, Event, i ddatblygu dulliau o gofnodi barn ac ymateb y cyhoedd i wrthrychau. Ar hyn o bryd, y bwriad yw parhau â’r drafodaeth ar-lein trwy greu fforwm fydd yn lle i bobl ymateb i’r orielau a’i gilydd gan greu llwyfan drafod ac ysbrydoli gweddill datblygiad yr Amgueddfa.

Mae nifer o faterion y bydd yn rhaid i ni fynd i’r afael â nhw er mwyn sicrhau bod yr Amgueddfa yn cynrychioli Cymru gyfan, gan gynnwys:

• creu cysylltiadau â grwpiau cymunedol clos sydd o bosib o’r farn nad yw’r Amgueddfa yn cynrychioli eu hanes
• mynd i’r afael â rhwystr tlodi er mwyn sicrhau bod yr Amgueddfa’n hygyrch i bawb
• sicrhau ein bod yn darparu ar gyfer pobl o bob oed, gallu a chefndir.

 Y prif nod yw sicrhau ein bod yn cynrychioli Cymru heddiw ac ein bod yn cyrraedd pob cwr o’r genedl. O adrodd a thrafod ein hanturiaethau, gallwn ddatrys y materion hyn. Gallwn ni gynrychioli pawb yng Nghymru ben baladr trwy sicrhau y gall unrhywun weld ein datblygiadau a chymryd rhan yn y drafodaeth.

Felly beth am agor y drafodaeth? Thema’r oriel gyntaf fydd ‘Dyma yw Cymru’. Bydd yn trafod y syniadau ystrydebol am Gymreictod ac yn rhoi cyfle i drafod ystyr Cymru i eraill, a datblygiad Cymru trwy hanes. Felly, beth yw Cymru i chi? Rydyn ni’n datblygu Cwmwl Geiriau anferth o ymatebion. Defnyddiwch y ddolen isod i anfon pum gair atom sydd, yn eich barn chi, yn crynhoi Cymru. Byddwn yn eu hychwanegu at ein Cwmwl Geiriau ac yn dangos y canlyniadau yma!

Cliciwch yma i anfon eich geiriau chi

Nawr, beth am eich cyflwyno i’r Grwpiau Fforwm a rhoi’r newyddion diweddaraf i chi am sut maen nhw’n helpu’r Amgueddfa i gyrraedd y nod…