Aberarth artist weaver Vicky Ellis talks about her work on display at Aberaeron’s Gallery Gwyn

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00:00I had an idea to create these whirlwind sails. The village that I live in, called Abrath,

00:08was famous at one time as a shipbuilding place. I was aware of some of the names of the ships,

00:15but then I discovered that their fates, the way that they were described, if there were

00:20shipwrecks, were really scarce on that.

00:23This is called Prosperity, which actually had a good wind ending because that was salvaged.

00:31I thought that was really ironic that it should be Prosperity salvaged in 1834.

00:40I wore these on and I've got a big floor rug on.

00:46I thought this one was particularly poignant, which is a ship called Harmony that was abandoned in 1886.

00:57I thought I was not an Hopony.

00:58I thought it was a chance to get out of the ship.

01:00I thought it was going to be a Grossman.

01:04I thought it was a little too late, and it was a little too late.

01:10I think he was a little bit late for some time.

01:15I didn't even see that the ship was with the ship.

01:17I thought the ship was good for the ship.

01:19I thought that we were going to go to the ship, but we didn't see the ship,