Ddechrau’r Hâf mi ges i’r pleser o greu cadair siglo mewn arddull craftsman efo Paul Sellers yn ei weithdy yng Nghastell Penrhyn. Mae bob uniad yn y darn – 56 ohonyn nhw, wedi eu gwneud ac offer llaw a mae’r dyluniad wedi ei greu i bara dau oes.

At the beginning of summer I had the pleasure of creating a craftsman style rocking chair with Paul Sellers in his workshop at Castell Penrhyn. All the joints are hand made – 56 of them, made with hand tools and traditional methods to a design built to last two ages.

Roedd o’n syndod mawr gen i mod i wedi medru creu y fath beth efo dim ond tua 10 twlsyn llaw, a rheiny ar y cyfan yn offer gymharol arferol a hawdd i’w ffeindio. Pan ddechreuais i wneud hyn tua 3 mlynedd yn ôl, doeddwn i ddim callach sut oedd yn llifio mewn llinell syth a petai chi’n dweud adeg honno mai dyna dwi’n neud o ddydd i ddydd rwan yna mi fyswn wedi chwerthin ar eich pen.

I was amazed at myself that I could create such a thing with only around 10 hand tools. Tools widely available and nothing too out of the ordinary. When I began doing this around 3 years ago, I was none the wiser how to saw in a straight line and if you’d told me back then that this is what I would be doing from day to day I would have laughed in your face.

Mae posib newid yr upholstro am unrhyw liw neu batrwm dan haul a mae fersiynau llai neu mwy yn bosib hefyd.

The upholstery can be changed for any colour or pattern and smaller versions are available as well.

Mae Paul Sellers yn grefftwr ac addysgwr byd enwog. Dyn clen a straeon anhygoel am ei fywyd fel saer ym Mhrydain ac America. Cynllun Paul ydi’r gadair a mae mwy o fanylion am hyn a thoraeth o wybodaeth am waith coed yn gyffredinol ar flog Paul.

Paul Sellers is a world renowned craftsman and educator. A kind man with amazing stories from his life as a carpenter in Britain and America. The chair is Paul’s design and there’s more details about this and a trove of general woodworking information over at Paul’s blog.

Mae wastad yn bleser cael mynd i weithdy Paul a dwi’n dragwyddol ddiolchgar iddo am fy rhoi ar ben ffordd a dysgu mewn ffordd mor effeithiol.

It’s always a pleasure going to Paul’s workshop and I’m eternaly grateful to him for starting me off on the right foot in woodworking.

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