Past RCA member, Ieuan Rees has died recently.

Artist, caligrapher, stone-cutter and teacher, Ieuan Rees was born in Pontyberem, and grew up in Tumble, Carmarthenshire. He was encouraged by his uncle, Hywel Harries, who was an artist and cartoonist. Rees studied at Carmarthen Art School, and then at the Royal College of Art.

In the 1960s and 70s, Rees taught lettering and calligraphy part-time at Camberwell School of Art. He then returned to Wales and taught at Swansea College of Art and Dyfed College of Art before retiring from teaching to focus on commission work.

Rees has designed stone carvings for The Vicar of Dibley TV series, for opening titles in other UK comedies and has designed works for public buildings, including the Senedd in Cardiff, Wales. In 1982, he carved the memorial stone for Lewis Carroll, which was installed in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey.

His carving of a daffodil featured on the 30p E stamp issued as part of a set to mark the establishment of the Welsh Assembly in 1999.

In 2019 he became an unwitting Youtube star, when a 2012 film of him attracted millions of views.