Ffion Reynolds – Archaeologist, creative who loves forests, mushrooms and ancient Neolithic worlds.
Ffion trained as an archaeologist at Cardiff University, completing her PhD at the university, focusing on the rock art of the Neolithic passage tombs of Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth in Co. Meath, Ireland, and then broadening her research interests to include the subject of worldview; studying shamanism, totemism and animism.
Currently, she co-directs a public archaeology excavation in the multi-period landscape around the important site of Bryn Celli Ddu Neolithic passage tomb, on the island of Anglesey. Bryn Celli Ddu (The Mound in the Dark Grove), is a significant Neolithic passage tomb in north-west Wales, and sits in a landscape of rock art. Over the course of the project which started in 2015, 12 new rock art panels have been discovered and recorded using digital archaeology techniques.
John Abell His work focuses on rolling welsh landscapes and mountains.
Visionary welsh artist, John used art to save him from drug and alcohol addition.
He was homeless between ages of 15 and 25, had a tough life as a young child in a broken system. But he found and made his own path. Moved to live on a tall ship and followed ancient trade routes for many years. Interested in the differing perspective of being high in the mountains vs low down in urban environments and acknowledging that access to nature and big open spaces isn’t possible for so many.
