The Friends of Cwmdonkin Park exist to support the regeneration of Cwmdonkin Park and the surrounding area. It is a community group of local volunteers and its aim is to participate in local events and to raise funds in support of the project to regenerate this part of Swansea. The project, funded by Heritage Lottery and other funding, aims to improve access to the park, raise the standard of facilities and to replant and restore the park.
LOCWS International Project at Cwmdonkin Park
Dylan's Pencil by Mark Folds
During Mark Folds' research visit to Cwmdonkin Park, he was inspired by the presence of a large tree stump standing at over 30 foot high, as well as the long association the park has with the poet Dylan Thomas. The poet is known to have written many of his early works in or about Cwmdonkin Park in the 1930's, no doubt using pencil and paper and possibly under this actual tree.
Mark Folds' new sculpture, 'Dylan's Pencil', represents simple, humble beginnings: initial ideas jotted down on paper by a writer; the sketches made by an artist; the starting point for all types of creativity. The aim of the work is to engage people in thinking that something amazing, such as Dylan Thomas' poetry, emerged from something so basic in this place.
This page last updated on May 23 2013