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Laura Perry @templemom.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

It's the beginning of blackberry season where I live. Remember to give the first berry to the faeries and land spirits. After that, you can eat all you want! #berries #wildcrafting #foraging

A cluster of bright red unripe blackberries hanging on the vine, with a single glossy black ripe blackberry hanging among them. The berries are surrounded by bright green leaves, with one small cluster of yellowing leaves just above them.

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Library of Anglo-American Culture & History @libraryaac.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

According to British #folklore ghost activities are heightened at #wintersolstice & #Christmas 👻 This new book in our collection by @folklorewales.com & @folklorepod.bsky.social presents & categorises some #Welsh #ghoststories now available in English for the 1st time! #WelshCulture #ghosts

The book "The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts" on a gravestone, in front of a gnarly tree in sunny winter weather

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David W J Lloyd @davidwjlloyd.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

⏰ Limited Time Sale! 🔥 25% off the entire store at davidwjlloyd.com I'm running a festive studio sale until Tuesday 16th. With all UK purchases having free postage, a little nudge to get something a bit different for that special someone (or yourself) this Christmas-time. Give the gift of art!

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David W J Lloyd @davidwjlloyd.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

#FolkloreThursday The Mari Lwyd is out and about this time in Wales. The tradition had all but died out until recent revivals have put it back front and centre in the Welsh Christmas calendar. Going house to house in Welsh villages, knocking on doors, rap-battling for booze... Pure Xmas! #marilwyd

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David W J Lloyd @davidwjlloyd.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Impressive November the 1st skies down at the beach with the dog. A good little hike, the sea was whipping up a foam and the light moving up and down the channel like the waves.

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David W J Lloyd @davidwjlloyd.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Bit of a stunner last night, timed the dusk dog walks to perfection and was treated to glorious views. #sunset #wales

A beautiful sunset over an old churchyard in Llantwit Major.

A beautiful sunset over Church Street in Llantwit Major

A glowing red sunset reflected in shiny grave markers

Gorgeous sunset over the old part of Llantwit Major

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David W J Lloyd @davidwjlloyd.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Dusk over the old town hall, the nights are really drawing in…

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Raphael Hythloday @eshuelegbara.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Rhiannon in Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed really said: “Let me humiliate this man in a magic bag so I can marry the other one.” Welsh myth doesn’t play. #Mabinogion #Rhiannon #Pwyll #WelshMyth #LoveTriangle

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David W J Lloyd @davidwjlloyd.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

"Blodeuwedd" Oil Paints In Welsh mythology, she was conjured from broom, meadowsweet, & oak blossoms by magicians, as a bride for Lleu Llaw Gyffes. I wanted to depict a being caught between the wild magic of her floral origins & the solidness of her human form #oilpaint #art #welshart #mabinogion

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David W J Lloyd @davidwjlloyd.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

“Thinking About You Fondly” Pencils The starting point was an antique CDV portrait that I developed in a sketchbook piece. I’m undecided if she’s creating a being with her hair, or dismantling him. Either way, for me, it’s a piece steeped in desire, longing and resignation. #art #pencilart #wales

A female figure sites fingering pages in her book, her hair weaves a magical spell, summoning a partial skeleton in midair.

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David W J Lloyd @davidwjlloyd.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Ahhh, so that's how baby ice cream vans are made... 🤔 Spotted on Saundersfoot Beach t'other day. 😀 #saundersfoot #saundersfootbeach #pembrokshire #wales

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David W J Lloyd @davidwjlloyd.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

It’s funny because it’s true…

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eastlondongroup.bsky.social @eastlondongroup.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

This is "The Thames at Cookham" by Walter Steggles from 1931. It was the oil painting from which a Shell poster of the same title was derived in the same year. #WalterSteggles #Cookham #EastLondonGroup

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David W J Lloyd @davidwjlloyd.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Some photos I took from this past weekend at Llantwit Major Beach. Lovely big skies with atmospheric sun rays and light. #llantwitmajor #sunrays #beach #severn #wales

The beach café at Llantwit Major with a cloudy sky and sun rays.

Atmospheric clouds over Llantwit Major beach, looking towards Nash Point.

Sun rays and big clouds over the Severn and North Devon coast from Llantwit Major Beach

Driftowood and sunrays on Llantwit Major Beach

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David W J Lloyd @davidwjlloyd.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Dusk sky walking back to the car from work last night. #cowbridge #dusk

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David W J Lloyd @davidwjlloyd.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

The Mari Morgen are mischievous water spirits from Welsh & Breton folklore. They could be both alluring and deadly, and likened to mermaids without tails. Their ability to manipulate water would often see them blamed for floods and heavy rain. #FolkloreThursday - Art: Mari Morgen Startles A Heron

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Ravilious @ravilious1942.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

The Long Man of Wilmington, Eric Ravilious, 1939. It depicts the landscape of the Wilmington Giant chalk man cut into the side of a hill on the South Downs in East #Sussex. The original artwork is in the collection of V&A.

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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Whenever I drop something or knock something over that leaves a big mess on the floor, I look straight up and open my arms like I'm Neil Buchanan finishing a Big Art Attack.

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David W J Lloyd @davidwjlloyd.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

“Blodeuwedd” Oil on canvas board Inspired by the old Welsh tale of Blodeuwedd, the magical maiden created from flowers and later transformed into an owl. This was very much based around the initial stages of her life. It’s finished, but will need a coat of varnish. #art #blodeuwedd #welshart #oils

An oil painting of a female figure, branches sprout from her fingers and hair

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David W J Lloyd @davidwjlloyd.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

A commission piece I worked on last week. Bit of a challenge, as you can see hiw damaged the original photo was. I’m always open to commissions, just drop me a message here or visit the Commissions page at daytripart.com for prices and more info. #art #commissionsopen #commission #pencilart

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David W J Lloyd @davidwjlloyd.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

The suns hiding a bit today, so here's a shot from a couple of days ago, all blossoms and buttercups, the story of this spring so far... #blossoms #buttercups #spring

A field of buttercups and green grass, tramlines in the grass lead to some trees, several of which are heavy with white blossom.

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Bevan Thomas @bevanthomas.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

The most enigmatic Welsh monster is the gwyllion (the "twilight wanderer"). Some say it's a fairy hag who leads travelers astray, others say that it's a ghost or a wandering lunatic. Merlin learned prophecy from gwyllions he met as he himself wandered insane in the forest. #WyrdWednesday

Two travelers in the Welsh mountains witness a mysterious gwyllion coming out of the mist. Image by T. H. Thomas.

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David W J Lloyd @davidwjlloyd.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

“Thinking Of You Fondly…” Sketchbook piece that sort of came to life in the initial drawing. Opened a load of new photo purchases on my TikTok live earlier today, then choose one to do an off-the-cuff drawing from. This was the result. #art #ink #welshart #drawing #sketchbook #inks #skeleton

Ink drawing of a young woman with wild hair and a skeleton

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David W J Lloyd @davidwjlloyd.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Working in the sketchbook as it’s as much as I can commit at the moment. Have a few ideas on the go for future development. This one’s called An Exchange, Of Sorts, and is a nod to the old Tylwyth Teg and their mischievous ways. #art #sketch #fairylore #tylwythteg #welshart #wales

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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

I had a near-death experience a few years ago. I blacked out and saw angels, stars and the face of God before I came round again. I can't tell anyone the full story though, which is that I was straining too hard to expel a stubborn turd at the time.

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David W J Lloyd @davidwjlloyd.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Quite chuffed with these photos my daughter took of me in the gallery. She's doing GCSE photography, so I thought it would be good to put her through her paces. Needed to get some shots for the new website that's on its way. Even had me hair cut and shaved especially... 😂 #artist #art #artgallery

Photograph of Welsh artist David W. J. Lloyd looking through the print browser in a gallery filled with his work

Photograph of Welsh artist David W. J. Lloyd holding up his painting Melangell's Cloak in a gallery filled with his work

Photograph of Welsh artist David W. J. Lloyd in Oriel 6, Llantwit Major, showing off his work

Photograph of Welsh artist David W. J. Lloyd holding up his painting The Queen Of The Tylwyth Teg in a gallery filled with his work

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The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

The unusual burial chamber at Lligwy, #Anglesey, was once the HQ of a #witch. Thrown off a ship for some mischief or other, a fisherman rescued her and she asked him to take her to the cromlech. There she gave him a charm made of snakeskin which brought him good luck all his life. #FolkloreThursday

The prehistoric burial chamber has a huge capstone supported by numerous short pillar stones which give it the appearance of a giant woodlouse.

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Welsh Bollocks @welshbollocks.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

A disappointing result for Welsh hopeful "Whosehorseisthatpony" in yesterday's Grand National, she was still in the Guinness tent as the winner crossed the line and was later arrested for urinating on public transport.

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David W J Lloyd @davidwjlloyd.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Nights starting to feel nice, the pub garden’s full, it’s still light and I just saw me first bats of the year, flapping around the back gardens… 🦇🦇🦇

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David W J Lloyd @davidwjlloyd.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Having varnished this 6 months ago, it's been sitting around waiting for a frame. Now I can show off Melangell's Cloak at the gallery. This was my first time using oils since my art college days, 30 years ago. Looks good in its floater frame, I think. #art #oilpainting #celfcymru #welshart #painting

A painting called Melangell's Cloak, depicting Melangell in her red cloak, forest creatures are coming out of it after she sheltered them from a hunting party.

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☠️ Skulls and Sheets 👻 @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Partial eclipse mari’s

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David W J Lloyd @davidwjlloyd.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Oriel 6 will be open till 5pm today, then 11am-5pm Saturday 29th & 12pm-3pm on Sunday 30th for the Other Worlds Exhibition. Feel free to drop in if you're down in the 'Creative Quarter' and have a look. Oriel 6, Church Street, Llantwit Major. #valeofglamorgan #wales #southwales #art #artexhibition

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Those homes that cling to hills tumbling towards the salted shore, shiver from more than storms. They are haunted by the spectre of the King-Under-the-Sea. They fear his greed for land, erosion by his tidal teeth. They fear his subjects, Drowned Dead dreaming of return. – #DAKilroy

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

I was here and then I was not. Goodnight. 🖼️ Vicky Yeates

Hare running away towards moon bright through silhouettes of branches of trees, painting.

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 26/03/2025

Two award-winning Welsh filmmakers, whose visual artistry has contributed to a BAFTA-winning feature film, are bringing their creative talents to a new and exciting exhibition exploring mythology, memory and fantasy

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BAFTA-winning Welsh filmmakers showcase Phantasmagorical artworks in new exhibition

Two award-winning Welsh filmmakers, whose visual artistry has contributed to a BAFTA-winning feature film, are bringing their creative talents to the gallery space with a new and exclusive exhibition....

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David W J Lloyd @davidwjlloyd.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Opening March 26th at Oriel 6, Church Street, Llantwit Major. Other Worlds, a joint exhibition of my own and @chriscrow.bsky.social's work - There'll be original art, sculptures and prints to see & buy. #artexhibition #welshart #celfcymru #artgallery #llantwitmajor #valeofglamorgan #wales #art

A poster with examples of artworks by David W. J. Lloyd and Christopher Nurse. It's for an exhibition in Llantwit Major at the Oriel 6 Gallery on Church Street, and begins on the 26th of March 2025.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

This is crazy interesting: Super Nintendos are getting *faster* as the hardware ages. We spoke to the person who discovered this and has been collecting more data. They even put a SNES in the freezer to test a hypothesis www.404media.co/super-ninten...

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Super Nintendo Hardware Is Running Faster as It Ages

Why is this speedrunner putting his Super Nintendo in the freezer? Science.

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David W J Lloyd @davidwjlloyd.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

#FolkloreThursday Crows have a long history of association with witches, both as familiars or essential to spell casting. It was believed they could fly between this & the spirit world, cementing the relationship with the witchy kind. Inspired by that association I made this artwork, Madam Bird #art

A drawing of a woman in flowing garments beginning to levitate whilst a murder of crows flock around her head.

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David W J Lloyd @davidwjlloyd.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

#FolkloreThursday Tasseomancy (reading tea leaves) & spinning wheels often feature in Welsh folklore, being favourites of both trad Welsh ladies & witches. My piece is called "In Annwn, Everything is Fine - An Accord of Sorts" and nods to those traditions #tasseomancy #divination #welshfolklore #tea

Two strange creatures in traditional Welsh lady dress sit and drink tea in a surreal landscape. An original artwork by David W. J. Lloyd.

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David W J Lloyd @davidwjlloyd.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

#FolkloreThursday Some witchy folklore from North Somerset. Fanny Pope gained a reputation for being able to transform herself into a hare, to lure hunters to her grandson’s inn, the Poult Inn. She was once almost caught, but her efforts helped the business. Picture is my own. #hare #witch #somerset

An ink and pencil drawing, depicting a female figure with a hare’s head and a young man sat beside her. They are Fanny Pope and Grandson

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David W J Lloyd @davidwjlloyd.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Progress update on Blodeuwedd oil painting. A productive day yesterday, got some flesh tones down and advanced other bits of the picture, still lots to do though. #art #wip #oilpainting #folklore #mabinogion #welshart #painting #welshfolklore #flowers

An oil painting in progress, showing a female looking out, branches spring from her fingers and head. She is Blodeuwedd, the lady made of flowers and nature from old Welsh literature.

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RRRMMM @strongmisgiving.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Thinking about I Was Trying To Describe You To Someone again

I was trying to describe you to someone a few days ago. You don't look like any girl I've ever seen before.

I couldn't say: "Well, she looks just like Jane Fonda except that she's got red hair and her mouth is different and of course she's not a movie star."

I couldn't say that because you don't look like Jane Fonda at all.

I finally ended up describing you as a movie I saw when I was a child in Tacoma, Washington. I guess I saw it in 1941 or '42: somewhere in there. I think I was seven or eight or six. It was a movie about rural electrification and a perfect 1930s New Deal morality kind of movie to show kids.

The movie was about farmers living in the country without electricity. They had to use lanterns to see by at night, for sewing and reading, and they didn't have any appliances, like toasters or washing machines, and they couldn't listen to the radio.

Then they built a dam with big electric generators and they put poles across the countryside and strung wire over fields and pastures.

There was an incredible heroic dimension that came from the simple putting up of poles for the wires to travel along. They looked ancient and modern at the same time.

Then the movie showed Electricity like a young Greek god coming to the farmer to take away forever the dark ways of his life.

Suddenly, religiously, with the throwing of a switch the farmer had electric lights to see by when he milked his cows in the early black winter mornings.

The farmer's family got to listen to the radio and have a toaster and lots of bright lights to sew dresses and read the newspaper by.

It was really a fantastic movie and excited me like listening to "The Star-Spangled Banner" or seeing photo-graphs of President Roosevelt or hearing him on the radio.

The President of the United States "

I wanted electricity to go everywhere in the world. I wanted all the farmers in the world to be able to listen to President Roosevelt on the radio.

That's how you look to me.

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David W J Lloyd @davidwjlloyd.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Really bored of doom-scrolling socials & reels on breaks at work. I’ve vowed to read the books I’ve been promising myself to finish on my phone instead. Two days in & I’m ripping into Wuthering Heights. Next is Lorna Doone. Oddly, I find it easier to read on my phone than the physical book. #booksky

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David W J Lloyd @davidwjlloyd.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

The hills of Wales are even hollower… True fact! 😂

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David W J Lloyd @davidwjlloyd.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

And now I’m sad. No Great Pottery Throw Down till next year, now tonight’s final is done. Only the Sewing Bee to look forward to later in the year, and none of the judges ever cry on that. Sigh… #thegreatpotterythrowdown

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David W J Lloyd @davidwjlloyd.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Took some time out today to do a sketchbook piece. Was doodling figures in dynamic poses, watching the Apprentice last night. Did a couple of little sketches & sized this up today. It's called Departure, and maybe I will develop it into something else in the future. #art #ink #ghost #welshart #draw

Three figures in a moonlit landscape, one is ethereally floating away, another holds the hand of the floating one and begins to ascend, whilst the final figure tries to hold them all to the ground. Ink drawing.

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Beidi @tinystorm.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

A girl and her friend. #dailysketch Day2 #art #sketch #drawing #fox

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Gavin Fox (Author) @gavinfoxauthor.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Fresh up for the weather themed #FolkloreThursday today I offer the #Witches of Boscastle who captured favourable wind in knots. These ropes were then sold to sailors to help get them moving when their ships were becalmed. Superstition? Maybe. But a fascinating slice of Cornish #WitchSky for sure.

A painting by Vivienne Shanley of an old Cornish witch selling sailors a knotted rope full of favourable winds. They stand on the stones of Boscastle harbour with the curl of the sea cliffs in the background. A cat and a seagull play in the foreground, a younger looking witch captures the wind behind them all while a young man watches. The text is on white banners over the main image.

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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Our cat keeps bringing us dead mice as gifts. Well, I assume they are gifts. I thank her, give her one of the treats she loves and then peg the dead mouse to the garden washing line by its tail. A crow or raven comes and takes it away before the end of the day. We are all a team.

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