Landscape in amber - Gillies Jones
Landscape in amber - Gillies Jones
by Gillies Jones£980.00
Our vessels explore layering of time, reflecting generations that shaped landscapes and left lasting marks—balancing chaos and control, fragility and endurance, each form revealing time made visible.
Glassmaker Stephen Gillies and artist Kate Jones have worked collaboratively since 1995 from their studio in Rosedale Abbey, North Yorkshire.
Combining their skills, Stephen blows and layers richly coloured glass while Kate engraves each piece, sandblasting and wheel cutting.
Together, they explore the sculptural potential of the blown vessel, a form that has remained central to their practice for over three decades.
Working primarily in Swedish overlay glass, their early series Ubiquitous Bowls featured sandblasted linear markings reflecting universal themes of growth ‘Above and Below’.
This investigation continued in Aesculus, inspired by the horse chestnut seed shell, where engraved surfaces and organic forms deepened their exploration of nature’s patterns.
The series received critical acclaim, including a commission from the V&A in 2004.
In 2012, Stephen began developing the asymmetrical “Pushed Landscape” bowls that expanded their visual language.
Their work is held in major museum collections internationally, including
The Fitzwilliam, Kanazawa, Ebeltoft, Coburg and the Farringdon Collection.