Advent windows #4

Saltaire's Advent Windows #4

Here are two windows inspired by books. The first book is Jackie Morris's 'The Unwinding and other Dreamings'; not one I'm familiar with but it's a beautiful window and, no doubt, a lovely book. Jackie Morris, writer and illustrator, is perhaps more famous for the book 'The Lost Words', a collaboration with Robert McFarlane. It illustrated words like bluebell, conker, heron, acorn and kingfisher that were culled from the Oxford University Press Junior Dictionary to make room for more 'modern', urban words. 

(See, our Advent Windows are an education as well!) 

The second literary offering is more commonly associated with Christmas, being a depiction of 'The Snowman' by Raymond Briggs, made even more famous by the animated film that now gets reliably trotted out on TV at some point over the Christmas break.