Zizzi Bridgend

Hannah Davies makes her mark on the walls of a Zizzi Ristorante in Wales.

Zizzi Bridgend opened earlier this month and wowed diners with a beautiful interior and mural art by Hannah.

As part of Zizzi's commitment to develop talent and allow artists to showcase their work, Hannah is one of a team of artists and designers the restaurant is working with. Her design is inspired by Ogmore Castle and the myths and stories that surrounds this area.

The Ogmore Castle was built by the Normans. There was conflict between the Normans and the Welsh. Even though it was punishable by death the Welsh would regularly poach the deer that lived on the land.

A Welshman was caught poaching on the land and was taken back to the castle for torture. However, the daughter of the land begged that the Welshman be spared and insisted the Welsh be given the land to hunt freely. The lord of the land agreed under one condition.

The land should be no greater than the distance she could walk barefoot between now and the sunset.

The story was a spark for Hannah to create a large design centred on a face within the sun, as a representation of the Lord’s daughter.

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