{"id":21906,"date":"2014-10-27T20:59:50","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T20:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=21906"},"modified":"2014-10-27T20:59:50","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T20:59:50","slug":"flying-dragon-descends-on-cardiff-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2014\/10\/27\/flying-dragon-descends-on-cardiff-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying dragon descends on Cardiff bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Welsh Assembly Pierhead building is playing host to Draig the flying dragon.<\/p>\n<p>A ten foot dragon is currently housed within the Peirhead building as one of seven suspended sculptures that make up Margaret Berry\u2019s exhibition,\u00a0<em>Emblems of Wales<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22907\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 437px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/emblems2.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22907\" alt=\"This ceramic sculpture of Draig was developed over a period of 18 months and took a week to suspend. \" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/emblems2-437x312.jpeg\" width=\"437\" height=\"312\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22907\" alt=\"This ceramic sculpture of Draig was developed over a period of 18 months and took a week to suspend. \" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/emblems2-437x312.jpeg\" width=\"437\" height=\"312\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> This ceramic sculpture of Draig was developed over a period of 18 months and took a week to suspend.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0The project was purposefully designed to fit inside the Assembly building and represents Wales and its people.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Draig the dragon is exhibited alongside a king, a prince and other characters drawn from 1500 years of Welsh history.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Margaret was invited to display the dragon in the Futures gallery within the estate of the Welsh Assembly, and so \u201cWanted to create a set of sculptures to compliment it, that would be suitable for the setting.\u201d She continued, \u201cI considered what it meant to represent Wales. I identified about 20 characteristics and characters from Welsh history and then selected from them the six to develop into sculptures to accompany Draig.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22922\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 441px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/emblems1.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22905\" alt=\"The eight foot flying sculpture of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, representing &quot;Independence.&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/emblems1-441x312.jpeg\" width=\"441\" height=\"312\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22905\" alt=\"The eight foot flying sculpture of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, representing &quot;Independence.&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/emblems1-441x312.jpeg\" width=\"441\" height=\"312\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> The eight foot flying sculpture of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, representing &#8220;Independence.&#8221;<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/10726272_10152806288632138_1592827031_n.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22922\" alt=\"Sculpture of Robert Owen, suspended in the Futures Gallery of the Pierhead Assembly building. \" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/10726272_10152806288632138_1592827031_n-255x312.jpg\" width=\"255\" height=\"312\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22922\" alt=\"Sculpture of Robert Owen, suspended in the Futures Gallery of the Pierhead Assembly building. \" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/10726272_10152806288632138_1592827031_n-255x312.jpg\" width=\"255\" height=\"312\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Sculpture of Robert Owen, suspended in the Futures Gallery of the Pierhead Assembly building.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Welsh Assembly Pierhead building is playing host to Draig the flying dragon. 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