Glen Ellis river view
— — the river that knows where the Saco is.
Not only on a wall.
“The Ellis River drops out of Pinkham Notch and runs south through Jackson toward the Saco. Below the falls the water settles into long pools and a steady riffle, the bed showing through in clear water. Hemlocks lean from both banks. In October the hardwoods on the eastern slope turn first; the spruce on the western bank holds its dark green into November. — from the studio
Glen Ellis river view, on ceramic.
Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.
Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.
The place, in three passes.
The Ellis River rises on the eastern slopes of Mount Washington and runs south through Pinkham Notch and the village of Jackson before joining the Saco River near Glen, New Hampshire. The river is about 14 miles long and drops more than 1,800 feet from its headwaters to the confluence. Below Glen Ellis Falls the gradient eases into a series of pools and riffles that follow Route 16 through Jackson, where the river meets the village at the covered Honeymoon Bridge.
The Ellis is a freestone river, fed by snowmelt and rain from the Presidential and Wildcat ranges. New Hampshire Fish and Game stocks it with brook and rainbow trout each spring, and a stretch above Jackson is managed under fly-fishing rules. Flow peaks during the May runoff and tapers through summer; by August the lower river is shallow enough that the stones on the bed read clearly through the surface. The water carries the tea-coloured tint of upstream spruce-fir forest.
Route 16 follows the Ellis from Pinkham Notch down through Jackson, with a number of unmarked pull-offs where the river bends close to the road. The village of Jackson sits at the edge of the river around the Honeymoon Bridge, built in 1876 and the only covered bridge currently maintained in the town. From Jackson the river continues south about three miles to its confluence with the Saco at Glen. Walking access is informal along most of the river outside the village.