Ar Y Ffin

Inside the image.

A square album cover combines a black-and-white photograph with large blue lettering. Two people appear in the photograph behind a large harp: an older-looking man in a dark coat is cropped by the left edge, while a woman wearing dark sunglasses sits or stands at the right. She faces towards the camera, with one arm reaching across the centre to touch the strings. The harp dominates the middle of the composition. Its curved dark neck rises towards the upper centre, and its tall frame and closely spaced strings angle down across the image. The figures and instrument overlap, making the harp the central link between them.

The photograph is tightly framed. A pale wall with broad horizontal divisions forms the background; the man's face and coat are partly lost in shadow, while the woman's face, bare arm and the harp's strings are lighter. The image is monochrome, with strong dark areas in the clothing and instrument against the wall and the pale strings. White, roughly tangled linework sweeps across the upper and lower parts of the photograph, like loose strands or scribbles, partly covering the imagery and acting as an irregular divider behind the lettering.

At the top, “Delyth Jenkins” is set in very large blue serif letters, spanning nearly the full width. Beneath it, aligned towards the right, are two much smaller lines: “Cerddoriaeth y Delyn Geltaidd” in dark lettering and “Music of the Celtic Harp” in blue. Across the bottom, “Ar y Ffin” appears in oversized blue serif lettering, with the lower parts of the letters close to the cover's edge. The lettering is clean and boldly coloured against the grey photograph. Overall, the design has a mixed photographic and graphic treatment, with the blue titles and loose white marks layered over the monochrome scene.