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Gweithiau Corawl Eric Jones
Côr Llanddarog A'r Cylch
Album artwork for Côr Llanddarog A'r Cylch, provided through the SAIN Records collection on Wikimedia Commons.
Inside the image.
A square cover with a near-black background and a flat, graphic illustration of a choir arranged along the lower half. The figures are tightly grouped in a shallow row, with heads at different heights and bodies cut off by the bottom edge. Most have pale peach oval faces with no visible features. Several wear black clothing; two of the more prominent figures near the left and centre wear purple ties. At the far left, a figure is partly cut off by the edge, and at the far right another figure is cropped at the shoulder and lower body. Small curved marks beneath some faces suggest collars or necklines, with a few pale outlines against the dark clothing.
Large white lettering fills the upper left and centre in two lines: “Côr Llanddarog” and “a’r Cylch”. The rounded, bold sans-serif letters have a soft grey shadow or offset edge. Below, a smaller line begins with pale peach uppercase text, “GWEITHIAU CORAWL”, followed by “Eric Jones” in larger, bold grey lettering. The text sits just above the illustrated heads, with the second line spanning most of the cover’s width.
The palette is restrained: black-brown, white, pale peach, muted grey and vivid purple. The contrast between the unbroken dark ground and the light faces and lettering is strong. The artwork is clean-edged and stylised, with simple shapes and little shading; the faces are blank, and there is no visible scenery, border or surface texture. The choir illustration is compressed against the bottom of the square, leaving the upper area largely open for the title.
What the image evokes.
The faceless heads turn the choir into a collective presence rather than a set of portraits. Their slightly irregular rhythm—some raised, some lower, some clipped by the frame—suggests a group gathered close together, while the repeated ovals give the image a gently comic, almost cut-out quality. The ties and dark clothes lend the figures a formal air, but their simplified forms keep that formality light.
The black field feels like a stage without scenery: the heads and shoulders seem to emerge from darkness, and the bright lettering reads almost like a sign above them. Purple ties provide a small, playful flourish amid the otherwise limited palette. The combination of bold type, flat silhouettes and spare space has the directness of a handmade poster or a simple paper collage, though the finish is crisp and graphic. The result balances communal warmth with a dry, slightly mysterious anonymity.
Associations are subjective readings, rather than documented influences or statements of the artist’s intention.
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Lettering & observation notes
- Côr Llanddarog — Upper left, first line of the large title
- a’r Cylch — Upper left, second line of the large title
- GWEITHIAU CORAWL — Below the title, left side, in small pale peach capitals
- Eric Jones — Below the title, to the right of “GWEITHIAU CORAWL”, in larger grey lettering
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- Source year
- 2016
- Source author field
- Sain (Records) Ltd
- Attribution
- Sain (Recordiau) Cyf.
- Collection
- SAIN / Wikimedia Commons
- Catalogue number
- Sain SCD2752
- Permission evidence
- Public VRT notice: 2017050910011681
- Source checked
- 20 October 2026
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