Following the building of our first Mari Lwyd for Tonyrefail in over 70 years we have seen a few things that can be improved which had us thinking of some changes. The skull for ours was 3D printed so a redesign of the skull has taken place and we started printing
We where also asked to help a group who’s Mari had been lost by the people storing her and invited to take our Mari to an event in Cardiff, sadly we where not able to as the dates coincided with our first Tonyrefail event which also got me thinking that maybe building more than one???? we could have a spare and help others (our first Mari Alice is being retired after just one season)
Printing continued over Christmas, my printer running 24 hours a day making what is now both new Mari’s. there’s over a hundred hours printing per skull! then I thought about Mari’s I’ve seen used further afield, some using a Black Mari bathed in a Black cloak not the usual White so that got me thinking again. should I paint one black? nah! I’ll make another so when the second finished printing started the third so my printer ran pretty much 24 hours a day all over Christmas and New Year and now we have three new girls for Christmas 2026.
