By: MILLS, Christine (1961-) and PINATTI, Carlos (1961-)

Acq. Number: 734

Dimensions: 31 cm

Artwork_Medium: artist book printed at Gregynnog Press

Purchased: 2003

Buyer: BALA, Iwan

Location: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales National Museum Cardiff

Town: Cardiff

Content: Subtitle: casgliad o nodau clustiau defaid Maldwyn a'i hanesion (a collection of Montgomery sheep earmarks and their stories) 35 pages, leaves of Japanese paper, illustrated. Earmarks cut out of the Japanese paper and kept in plastic bag. Presented in a box with reproduction of map of part of Montgomeryshire inside. The box in a sack with the letters CC on it. One was copy produced for the 20o3 Eisteddfod at Meifod, Powys, and nine facsimile copies for private distribution.

Notes: As head of Residencies for Cywaith Cymru, Stephen West was instrumental in the administration of a highly successful residency at the 2003 Eisteddfod in Meifod, by Christine Mills and Carlos Pinatti. Mills is a native of Dyffryn Banwy near the Eisteddfod site and Pinatti is an Argentinian, surprisingly not from Patagonia, who lives in Cardiff. This collaborative mix proved highly effective - local knowledge coupled with outsider's viewpoint, and boundless energy and enthusiasm. This exquisite artists' book is a side product of the residency - only one of the many things they achieved - and was made in collaboration with Gregynog Press.