BLUE-ginger Gallery and café on the A4103 in Cradley, on the Herefordshire/ Worcestershire border re-opens on Wednesday after its winter break, with an exhibition Beast and Beauty officially launched on Saturday, March 22.

The exhibition brings together many prestigious British artists, some local and some from as far away as Scotland and Cornwall, whose work is particularly inspired by fairytales and folklore, animals and magical landscapes. The exhibition includes drawings, paintings, prints, porcelain figures, ceramics, silver jewellery, mosaics, illustrated stained glass, metalwork and felt jewellery and will be a great opportunity to see something new in the area.

During the exhibition Blue-ginger will also host workshops, demonstrations and talks by the artists throughout.

Artists include The Sisterhood of Ruralists: stained glass illustrator Tamsin Abbott (Herefordshire), Catherine Hyde (Fine Art painter and acclaimed book illustrator), Jackie Morris (Welsh-based award winning children's author & artist illustrator) and Hannah Willow (Wiltshire artist and jewellery maker). Also Amanda Anderson (West Midlands mosaic maker), Eleanor Bartleman (figurative ceramics), Lucy Campbell (from Scotland), Erin Keen, Kathleen Murphy (Herefordshire artist and maker of fabric curiosities), Eve O’Neil, Claudia Petley (Herefordshire blacksmith), Jane Ryan, Jemima Jameson (South Shropshire) and Elspeth Soper.

“I am absolutely delighted to be taking part in this magical exhibition and can't wait to see the work of many of my favourite artists gathered together in one place in Herefordshire - many exhibiting in the county for the first time! All the artists have been making new work especially for Blue Ginger. It really will kick start spring,” says Tamsin.

“The annual spring re-opening of blue-ginger is always a great opportunity for new beginnings and fresh new work from our regular exhibiting artists," says Sue Lim of Blue-ginger.

On the evening of the exhibition’s opening, lawyer Polly Higgins, will be giving a talk on the cause ‘Voice for the Earth’. Author of ‘Eradicating Ecocide’ and ‘Earth is our Business’, Pollyadvises at all levels on creating and implementing an international law of Ecocide. She believes ‘that it is time to say ‘enough’ to mass damage and destruction of the Earth.

For further information about the exhibition and other special events, go to blue-ginger.com