Meic Watts, a stonecarver and artist whose workshop is in Penrhyndeudraeth, North Wales, is showing his work at the Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth until September 10.
Using local slates, granites and stones carried and left by glaciers, he works with what has already been shaped by ice and water, finding forms within from nature and the surrounding landscape.
These are then polished to reveal the different types of stone hidden beneath the weathered surface. The exhibition, titled ‘Water and Ice, hammer and chisel’, is a shared with Carmarthen painter Wynne Jenkins.
Watts has included pebbles carved into houses to complement the paintings. There are also many birds, some carved from pebbles, as well as bottles, leaves and waves.
A large work at the centre of the exhibition, made of Derbyshire limestone, is entitled ‘Lleu Llaw Gyffes’, a hero from the Mabinogi. Watts has carved him with wings, which relates to his transformation into an eagle in an attempt to evade an attack.
He exhibits his works widely and has also carried out public art projects.
MOMA, Machynlleth is open from Monday to Saturday from 10am to 4pm. The current exhibition programme is supported by the Arts Council of Wales.
Picture caption:
‘Lleu Llaw Gyffes’ by Meic Watts.
Using local slates, granites and stones carried and left by glaciers, he works with what has already been shaped by ice and water, finding forms within from nature and the surrounding landscape.
These are then polished to reveal the different types of stone hidden beneath the weathered surface. The exhibition, titled ‘Water and Ice, hammer and chisel’, is a shared with Carmarthen painter Wynne Jenkins.
Watts has included pebbles carved into houses to complement the paintings. There are also many birds, some carved from pebbles, as well as bottles, leaves and waves.
A large work at the centre of the exhibition, made of Derbyshire limestone, is entitled ‘Lleu Llaw Gyffes’, a hero from the Mabinogi. Watts has carved him with wings, which relates to his transformation into an eagle in an attempt to evade an attack.
He exhibits his works widely and has also carried out public art projects.
MOMA, Machynlleth is open from Monday to Saturday from 10am to 4pm. The current exhibition programme is supported by the Arts Council of Wales.
Picture caption:
‘Lleu Llaw Gyffes’ by Meic Watts.
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