Journal

Our doors are once again open to visitors:
Monday to Saturday 10-4.
Sundays 2-4.

Find our studio in Rosedale Abbey, North York Moors, we are behind the village Church away from the main crossroads.

You might like to combine a visit with:
Graze on the Green
Abbey Stores and Tea Room
The Coach House Inn

Or perhaps enjoy the almost completed Andy Goldsworthy walk.

There’s just a little bit of local glass there too.

Rosedale has much to offer and there is literally always a warm welcome here at Gillies Jones.

See you soon.

We wish you all a wonderful new year and offer our sincerest thanks for all your support in 2023.

Our studio is now temporarily closed to visitors until March 1st 2024.

You can still place orders online and we will get those off to you asap or call us to place an order. 01751 417550

For the next few weeks we will be working behind closed doors crafting new unique works.

From 18th - 24th December, we will be in Newcastle John Lewis with our small bowls and vases at our first ever POP UP.  It's a brave new world.

Come see us if you are in the Newcastle area.

Last orders for Christmas Post (Subject to stock) is 15th December

We are open to visitors until 4pm December 20th.

If you are coming to visit us, at present the road North of Rosedale is closed. 

Highways are assessing the water damage and scale of the slip.

It is a long detour, it is poorly signed (I believe highways to their best, yes my eyes are rolling) and do avoid Chimney bank after a frost even on a sunny day!

The road south to Pickering is open, clear and doing what a road should do!

Good luck, if you need any more info, give me a call in the studio.

01751 417550

Bringing holly indoors for Christmas is believed to ensure a year of good luck!

Ilex Verticillata or Winterberry is a species of holly, native to Canada and the US.

The bare branches covered in berries make irresistible floral arrangements and our studio is brightened by them over the Christmas period.

It’s the one time of year when a lot of us still practice a few folk customs.

To profit from the power of holly, Celts would hang sprigs in their windows and over the door to keep witches and evil spirits away.

Since it was well known that only good people could enter a house protected that way, it became a symbol of hospitality.

In days gone by a bunch of holly was placed in the stable or cow shed on Christmas Eve to bring luck and favour the animals; custom has it that cattle will thrive and sheep produce twins if holly is hung where they can see it.

This year the hedgerows of the wet, acid soil in the Dale beam with colour and it seems appropriate to celebrate this abundance.

Our fourth limited edition of 2023.

For the lover of colour and form, made by hand, in small numbers bearing the makers signature, our bowls bring the joy of natures seasonal colours into your home.

She is the perfect gift for anyone who loves autumns colours.