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Lydia Niziblian
- Jan 24, 2021
- 1 min
Tomorrow and beyond
Tomorrow (25.01.21) the Shape of Words gallery will launch on niziblian.com Finally you will be able to see the beautiful images taken by...
Lydia Niziblian
- Dec 1, 2020
- 3 min
Faint - 'How much?'
In Welsh it's pronounced 'vynt', with a hard 'i' sound. I'm glad I heard it before seeing it written down, or I think my set connotations...
Lydia Niziblian
- Nov 6, 2020
- 2 min
Gwybod. Things are getting exciting.
Gwybod (goo-bod) means 'to know'. I like the word very much indeed, it feels nice to say. Having said that, it gives me a kind of creepy...
Lydia Niziblian
- Oct 26, 2020
- 2 min
Llaeth - an update
The Llaeth/Milk piece is ready to go to be hallmarked now. It is a legal requirement for silver pieces this heavy to be sent to an assay...
Lydia Niziblian
- Oct 19, 2020
- 2 min
Hwyl!
Hwyl (pronounced like oil with H at the start), was the second word I chose to make into a piece of jewellery, and the most definite...
Lydia Niziblian
- Oct 12, 2020
- 3 min
Sensory perfection
There has been a lot on my sensory dislikes so far, but I have so many sensory loves, seems only fair to list a few of my favourites. 1:...
Lydia Niziblian
- Oct 5, 2020
- 2 min
Sensory memory #4: The worst outfit for the beach
Unfortunately, due to Covid restrictions, I am unable to get access to the pictures of my brothers and I wearing the items described in...
Lydia Niziblian
- Oct 2, 2020
- 2 min
Yn Barod!
It's been an incredibly busy month. I am probably around a third of the way through making the pieces for the exhibition. I'm taking...
Lydia Niziblian
- Sep 9, 2020
- 2 min
Pili-Pala
Pili-Pala (sometimes seen without the hyphenation) is the Welsh for Butterfly, and a fantastic word it is too. My immediate response to...
Lydia Niziblian
- Aug 18, 2020
- 3 min
Llaeth
Two of the shapes that will be in this jewellery collection popped into my head pretty much fully formed. One of them is Llaeth, meaning...
Lydia Niziblian
- Aug 8, 2020
- 2 min
Sensory memory #3: Saturdays, public toilets and The Unpleasant Incident in M&S.
On some Saturdays in the late 70s and warly 80s, Mrs Russell (see previous post) would take me to town. Another reason Russy was bliss to...
Lydia Niziblian
- Aug 6, 2020
- 1 min
Dechrau: update
Having explored my least favourite textures, the felt itself isn't visually as successful as I want in invoking the sensory...
Lydia Niziblian
- Aug 1, 2020
- 4 min
Sensory Memory #2: Love of my life
Mrs Russell, or as she is/was in my head 'my Russy', was Norah May Russell. Russy lived next door to us. She was my best friend, she...
Lydia Niziblian
- Jul 23, 2020
- 1 min
Sensory memory #1: Rain
I must be around 2 as I am being put in a push chair in the porch. I can see it raining through the glass. I have on a hateful, hateful...
Lydia Niziblian
- Jul 22, 2020
- 3 min
The Shape Of Words
The seed of this project came about from a frustrating day. You know, if you are here, that I make jewellery. You may or may not know I...