Phil Forder, who died in August 2024, was a long-standing colleague of Ruskin Mill Trust, a pioneer of Steiner education in Pembrokeshire and a close collaborator and friend of the five women who set up Plas Dwbl. He was an artist, graphic designer and sculptor and did award-winning work with prisoners in Parc Prison, Bridgend where he worked for many years. In all of these contexts and others, Phil affected
many people’s lives powerfully. A full biography has not yet been written, but this piece includes appreciations by some of those who knew him, as well as different aspects of his work, starting with some of his beautiful chalkboard drawings.