Art Boxes

The Cei Llechi Art Boxes are small outdoor exhibition spaces nestled within the walls of Cei Llechi, offering a unique platform for artists to showcase their creations.

Take a look round Cei Llechi and see if you can find all four boxes.

Rosa Harradine

Gathered: Brooms and Brushes from the Welsh Landscape

20/09/2025 – 10/11/2025

Rosa Harradine is a broom and brush maker based in Carmarthen, west Wales. Working with natural materials and traditional techniques, she creates objects that are both functional and beautiful - tools that impart a sense of presence. Her brushes and brooms are made to be used, yet they also hold their own as sculptural forms, honouring the everyday act of sweeping.

This exhibition explores what it means to source locally in a globalised world. Rosa’s production work typically relies on imported plant fibres from countries like Mexico and Indonesia, which sit at the heart of the global supply chain. She is often asked, “Can’t you just pick some grasses here?” This exhibition seeks to explore that question using foraged materials from Wales.

Some of the resulting works are functional; others are more experimental, charting the challenges and limits of making with local materials. Rush and bramble fibres have proven the most promising, although also the most time-consuming to process, making them economically unviable at scale. The series includes a broom made entirely from imported materials, one incorporating foraged elements, and a traditional birch besom broom.