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A white cover with a red “pernod” wordmark, a narrow black-and-white panoramic drawing and grey Welsh lettering below.

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Sain (Recordiau) Cyf. · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Pernod

Côr Cymraeg Coleg Y Drindod

Album artwork for Côr Cymraeg Coleg Y Drindod, provided through the SAIN Records collection on Wikimedia Commons.

A CLOSER LOOK / 01

Inside the image.

A spare cover on a white field, with a large red lowercase wordmark, “pernod”, centred near the top. Below it, a narrow horizontal black-and-white drawing sits across the middle. The drawing is enclosed by a thin rectangular border and divided visually between dense, irregular forms on the left and a more structured cluster of upright shapes on the right. The lower portion of the cover is mostly empty white space, interrupted by two centred lines of grey lettering near the bottom: “côr cymraeg” above “coleg y drindod”.

The small illustration is rendered in fine, scratchy black lines against white. On the left, overlapping marks form a rough, densely packed mass, with a few small curved strokes above it. Near the centre, uneven angular forms rise into a low ridge or peaked silhouette. On the right, heavier dark blocks and vertical and horizontal lines suggest a compact arrangement of architectural or industrial elements, including a large upright rectangle and smaller framed sections. The scene is too small to identify these forms more specifically. The thin frame runs close around the drawing, with a small stepped or protruding outline at its right edge.

The palette is limited to white, black, red and grey. The red wordmark is the strongest colour accent; the grey lower lettering is softer and less prominent. There is no visible shading or colour modelling beyond the black linework and areas of solid black. The layout is symmetrical and highly open: the wordmark and lower text are centred, while the panoramic drawing forms a narrow band between them. The lettering is bold and rounded, with the lower two lines appearing in a heavy, soft-edged sans serif. The illustration has a hand-drawn, densely hatched appearance, contrasting with the clean, uncluttered typography and surrounding white space.

ASSOCIATIONS & IMPRESSIONS / 02

What the image evokes.

The cover feels like a small, carefully staged notice: a bold red name above a slim window of activity, then a centred caption beneath. Its large areas of white make the image seem quiet and deliberate, while the narrow drawing carries a surprising density of marks. The eye moves from the blunt, confident word at the top into the busy strip, then settles on the softer grey lettering below.

The little panorama has the air of a view caught through a slot or seen from a distance. Its crowded left side and more rigid right side set organic-looking scribbles against something built and compartmentalised. The distinction is suggestive without becoming certain: it might read as vegetation beside a structure, or simply as contrasting textures within an abstract vignette. The red and grey typography gives the composition a poster-like directness, while the finely worked strip recalls an illustrated label or a tiny engraved scene. The result balances crisp commercial display with an intimate, slightly rough-edged drawing.

Associations are subjective readings, rather than documented influences or statements of the artist’s intention.

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Lettering & observation notes
  • pernod — Centred near the top
  • côr cymraeg — Centred below the illustration, first line
  • coleg y drindod — Centred below “côr cymraeg”, second line
BACK TO THE SOURCE / 03

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Source year
1993
Source author field
Sain (Records) Ltd
Attribution
Sain (Recordiau) Cyf.
Collection
SAIN / Wikimedia Commons
Catalogue number
Sain SCD2041
Source
Wikimedia Commons file page ↗
Permission evidence
Public VRT notice: 2017050910011681
Source checked
20 October 2026

Year as recorded on the source file page; it may not represent the work’s first release. File unchanged; browser preview scaled proportionally.