Sain Y Sêr

Inside the image.

A square album cover combines a central geometric title panel with a border of small portrait photographs. The background is a softly mottled blue-violet field, lighter towards the lower centre and darker around the edges. Narrow blue frames separate the photographs from one another and from the background.

The main feature is a large, horizontally stretched diamond or arrow shape across the centre. Its orange-yellow interior is edged with dark red and blue outlines, and its pointed ends extend towards the left and right edges. A pale blue triangular form rises behind it from below, partly covered by the central panel. The title, “SAIN Y SER”, is set in very large uppercase serif letters across two lines. The letters have yellow-orange faces with dark red and blue outlines, giving them a layered, outlined appearance.

Names are arranged above and below the title in smaller lines of red-orange lettering with pale edging and a slight shadow. Above it, the lines read “Trebor Edwards”, “Hogia’r Wyddfa”, “Hogia Llandegai”, “Tony ac Aloma”, and “Rosalind a Myrddin”. Below it are “Vernon a Gwynfor”, “Y Brodyr Gregory”, “Doreen Lewis”, “Paul Williams”, “John ac Alun”, “Plethyn”, and “Dafydd Iwan”. The lettering is rounded and bold, with a slight slant and a dimensional, outlined effect. The upper names sit over the blue-violet background; the lower names are centred over the pale blue triangular area.

Small rectangular monochrome or strongly blue-tinted photographs form a loose frame around the lettering. There are portraits at the upper left and upper right, further portraits down both sides, and several wider group photographs near the lower corners. The photographs show individual adults and small groups, mostly posed facing the camera; some are close head-and-shoulder views, while others include more of the figures’ bodies. Their blue cast and compact size make individual features indistinct. The arrangement is not perfectly symmetrical, but the photographs balance one another around the central title. The cover has a collage-like appearance, combining photographic portraits with brightly coloured, sharply defined geometric shapes and display lettering.