Oracl Cwrwgl//Conwy //Coracle Conversations
Prosiect gan // project by Lindsey Colbourne
Sut allai Cwrwgl Conwy ein helpu i gael sgyrsiau da am ddŵr croyw?
Mae cwryglau yn cynrychioli cysylltiad agos rhwng pobl a'r amgylchedd, eu gwneuthuriad a'u defnydd. Ac roedd cwrwgl Conwy yn unigryw (wel, yn anarferol o leiaf) gan ei fod wedi'i gynllunio ar gyfer dau berson.
Mae Lindsey Colbourne eisiau darganfod a allai Cwrwgl Conwy fod yn ofod neu’n symbol perffaith ar gyfer sgyrsiau dŵr croyw? Ar gyfer pysgota neu ‘gasglu’ safbwyntiau gwahanol, efallai archwilio rhai o'r cwestiynau y mae Gofod Glas wedi bod yn eu casglu?
How could the Conwy Coracle help us have good conversations about freshwater?
Coracles represent an intimate connection between people and the environment, in their making and in their use. And the Conwy coracle was unique (well, unusual at least) in that it was designed for two people.
Lindsey Colbourne wants to find out whether the Conwy Coracle could be the perfect space or symbol for freshwater conversations? For fishing for or ‘gathering in’ different perspectives, perhaps exploring some of the questions Gofod Glas has been collecting?
Adeiladu'r Oracl Cwrwgl Conwy Cyntaf // Building the first Conwy Conversational Coracle
Llanrwst, Mis Mawrth/March 2025
Adeiladwyd Oracl Cwrwgl Conwy cyntaf yn Llanrwst, gan ddefnyddio helyg ym mis Mawrth 2025. Fe'i hadeiladwyd yn ôl dyluniad gwreiddiol Cwrwgl Conwy gan dîm o wirfoddolwyr (gan gynnwys Ilsa Elford, Vicky Atkinson, Dave Rimmer ac Urtha Felda) ac fe'i harweiniwyd gan Lindsey Colbourne ac yr adeiladwr cwryglau profiadol, James Carpenter. Cymerodd llawer o rai eraill ran yn yr adeiladu a'r lansiad.
The first Conwy Conversational Coracle was built in Llanrwst, using willow in March 2025. It was built to the original Conwy Coracle design by a team of volunteers (including Ilsa Elford, Vicky Atkinson, Dave Rimmer and Urtha Felda) and led by Lindsey Colbourne and seasoned coracle builder, James Carpenter. Many others took part in the build and the launch.
Mae Oracl Cwrwgl Conwy bellach ar gael ar gyfer sgwrs!
Oes gennych chi fater yr hoffech chi ei archwilio o wahanol safbwyntiau? Ymunwch â ni a’r Eog Doeth am sgwrs yn y cwrwgl.
Gallwch hefyd enwebu pobl ar gyfer sgwrs am ddŵr croyw yn y cwrwgl.
Rydym hefyd yn gobeithio adeiladu mwy o gwryglau mewn gwahanol gymunedau yn ardal Dyffryn Conwy.
Os hoffech i ni ddod i'ch cymuned neu ddigwyddiad, neu i enwebu sgwrs, anfonwch e-bost at Lindsey.
The Conwy Conversational Coracle is now available for conversation!
Do you have an issue you’d like to explore from different points of view? Join us and the Salmon of Knowledge for a conversation in the coracle.
You can also nominate people for a conversation about freshwater in the coracle.
We also hope to build more coracles in different communites in the Conwy Valley area.
If you would like us to come to your community or event, or to nominate a conversation, please email Lindsey
"With the approach of the investiture of the Prince of Wales in 1969, efforts were made to seek a political solution.
Denis Coslett of the Free Wales Army invited the Prime Minister Harold Wilson to meet him for coracle based discussions in the middle of the River Tywi but this invitation was declined."
- Rivers in the Welsh physical and cultural landscape by Catherine Duigan (p 19)