A SUMMER solstice exhibition and book launch is being hosted on Exmoor next month to celebrate publication of ‘WILD FOLK: Tales From the Stones’, by Jackie Morris and Tamsin Abbott.

Tamsin has been creating painted stained glass panels in her Herefordshire home for more than 20 years, inspired by the British landscape, folklore, and fairytales.

Jackie is internationally known as an artist and writer and Fellow of Hereford College of Art and possibly most well-known for illustrating ‘The Lost Words’, co-authored with Robert Macfarlane.

The book was conceived while Jackie and Tamsin were staying in Northmoor House, Dulverton, on a creative residency with the town’s Seven Fables gallery.

The two artists will return for the launch event in White Rock Cottage, Simonsbath, on June 21 from 10 am to 6 pm and again the next day from 10 am to 4 pm.

Visitors to the free-entry exhibition will be able to meet Jackie and Tamsin throughout the weekend as both will be setting up studio space in the cottage.

Fellow artists and silversmiths Rachel Bailey, Eva John, and Jo Taylor have also been invited to exhibit.

Seven Fables’ Davina Jelley said: “It seemed only fitting that they return to celebrate its publication on Exmoor, on the wild periphery, within a landscape that permits imaginative freedom and holds echoes of long forgotten tales within its flora and fauna.

“In keeping with the spirit of the book, its publication and launch exhibition are timed to coincide with the summer solstice, a pivotal moment when folklore magic is at its most potent.”

Written by Jackie Morris, ‘Wild Folk’ is an illustrated sequence of seven tales, believed by its publishers Boundless to be the first instance where stained glass has been specifically commissioned with a view to print.

Full event details can be found on the Seven Fables website.