Collection: Rebecca Williams : Odyn Ddu Ceramics : Pencaer

Rebecca Williams’ hand-built ceramics capture the form, colours, plants and animals of her native land, Sir Benfro (Pembrokeshire) on the western edge of Cymru (Wales). She combines her experience as a sculptor and archaeological technician and her acute observations of the natural and built environment to create work with both artistic and functional integrity.

Rebecca is a first-language Welsh speaker, with a fascinating family history woven from the lives of farmers and mariners, lace-makers, lawyers and architects. She studied at Central St Martins and lived in Germany for many years. Her fluent German and knowledge of art and design has led to many commissions to translate exhibition notes and catalogues for museums including the Bauhaus Museum Dessau and the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.

Odyn Ddu (Black Kiln) is the name of one of her father’s fields near Tremarchog. It is the site of an ancient kiln which produced pots made from the dark clay to be found just under the surface of the land.