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Thank you so much to everyone who has emailed, commented and got in touch about the shape of words so far. it's considerably later in...
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Lydia Niziblian
Jan 24, 20211 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20201 min read
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, 20204 min read
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, 20201 min read
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, 20203 min read
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...
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