Jackie Wilson and Tamsin Abbott - Wild Folk

Wild Folk brings together the words of Jackie Morris and the stained-glass paintings of Tamsin Abbott, but the stories come from both, a true collaboration born out of friendship and hope. Robert Macfarlane calls the result a 'wondrous weaving of story and image, glass and ink, dream and song, created together by two makers at the height of their huge powers...the art here holds light that spills and fills, and spaces in which to breathe and swim.'

Wild Folk comprises seven richly illustrated fables of transformation and power, summoned from the ancient stones beneath our feet and transformed by word and image into portals between past and future.

These tales from the stones are neither new nor old. They are full of 'wild folk', shape-shifting spirits that carry the energy that connects all things. You will meet selkies and silver trout and the black fox, as big as a wolf and so fast and cunning she drives the lord of the manor to madness and oblivion; the woman of flowers who is happier living as an owl; the boy who learns to feel the songs and stories of trees through his skin; Wayland, the smith who can hammer metal to such airy thinness he makes his own wings; and the great white raven, a bird so rare it awakens the king who sleeps beneath the stones of the wild west cliffs of Wales.

You may also like the following events from Topping & Company Booksellers of St Andrews:

• Next Monday, 11th August, 07:30 pm, Robert Macfarlane -- Is a River Alive? in St Andrews
• This month, 19th August, 07:30 pm, Ned Boulting - The Accidental Tour-ist in St Andrews
• This month, 20th August, 07:30 pm, Bruce Peter - Art Deco Scotland in St Andrews

Also check out other Arts events in St Andrews, Fine Arts events in St Andrews.