2013

New show bowls us over with precious vessels

Iridescence, sweets, sunsets and koi carp – these are just some of the surprising inspirations behind 48 stunning glass vessels, now on show in a virtual exhibition.

The work in the Contemporary Glass Society’s Bowled Over online show is an exquisite example of how individual artists bring their unique creativity to a simple form – in this case, a series of bowls, platters and dishes. The 48 works, selected by the jury from a huge number of entries, also reflect the fascinating range of techniques used by today’s skilled glassmakers.

Many of the works are for sale and the artists can be contacted through the Contemporary Glass Society’s member directory at www.cgs.org.uk/members

The exhibition leads into the Contemporary Glass Society’s Glass Skills 2013 – a whole year of exhibitions to celebrate the glassmaker’s art.

This show was launched on December 4th 2012

Online Gallery of Medallions

Abstract, sculptural, figurative, pictorial – each work of art in our stunning Medallions exhibition is utterly unique.

83 glass artists have created their own re-imagining of the Olympic medal for an exhibition that challenges the inventiveness and skill of artists working in this alchemical medium – among them, world-renowned glassmakers and exciting new talent ffrom as far as Singapore, Spain and Hong Kong, and from Cornwall to Aberdeen and Suffolk to Northern Ireland.

The Medallions exhibition runs from August 22 to September 15 at the Ruskin Glass Centre in Stourbridge. Visitors to the exhibition will also have the chance to buy the works – priced at either £50, £100 or £150 – and take away a stunning memento of the 2012 Games.

Awards:
Best Medallion in Show, sponsored by Mark Holford:

Major glass collector Mark Holford sponsored a £250 first prize and two runners-up awards of £150 each. The winner will also receive “The Winner’s Gold Medal” designed by Holford in collaboration with Jackson Fawkes.

Winner of 'Best Medallion': Rowan van der Holt
Winners of ‘Runners Up’ award: Vic Bamforth and Junko Eager
Highly Commended: Rachel Elliott, Katharine Coleman, Sandra Young and Joanne Mitchell

The People’s Medallion, sponsored by Alan J Poole of Dan Klein Associates

Alan J Poole – a major glass collector and important advocate for glass art - is offering £250 for the Medal most admired by visitors to the show. Voting will take place for the people’s Medallion during the show from 22 August – 15 September. The winner will be announced at the end of the show.

Winner Sandra Young

As Part of our Glass Games 2012 events diary, the CGS put together this exciting exhibition especially for the occasion. "Glass Games – a desire, a dream, a vision" brought the work of world-class glass sculptors to The Gallery in Redchurch Street, London hosted from June 13 to 23, 2012.

The following glass artists were selected to take part in this outstanding show of glass. Various works were displayed by each artist but this online exhibition shows a highlight from each artist that took part.

Glass Games 2012 is a summer of celebrations – an extravaganza of glass events that capture the Olympic spirit and bring the artistry, innovation and sheer brilliance of glass to more people than ever before.
Between June 1 and September 30, there’ll be more than 70 exhibitions, fairs, workshops and have-a-go sessions at venues throughout the UK.

This exhibition endeavours to delve a little deeper into the intimacy of the artist working with lampworking or beadmaking techniques.

The artists below unravel the intense level of detail and delicacy required to achieve these tiny and fragile works of art, each one unique and laboriously decorated, and worked into an object of vivid colour and visual abundance.

We hope you enjoy this show and the artists who have been selected to take part.

This exhibition has a theme of Vessels. 33 artists have been selected from a large number of entries for this show. The vessel is functional and enveloping, it embodies the preservation of materials, the containment of things precious to us, it symbolises fragments of history, reflects the every day, and conversely the revered. A vessel tells a story, from where it came, and its reason for being.These 33 artists reveal their own story and their relationship with what a vessel means to them. This was a selected exhibition and launched on the 12th of December 2011.

This CGS Exhibition highlights 12 glass students who will graduate this year and informs us of the multifaceted approach that these students take to their personal expression in glass.  Every summer, New Designers helps thousands of graduates to launch their career at the spectacular Business Design Centre in London. The New Designers website can be viewed at: http://www.newdesigners.com This exhibition was launched on the 27th of July 2011.

Welcome to our Gallery Exhibition in March which shows the breadth and diversity of 28 glass students currently working across the UK . We had an overwhelming response so thank you to all those that entered work. This is a special show as the students selected to take part in this exhibition are not necessarily members of CGS. Students can be from any year e.g. 1st year or 3rd year. This show was launched in February 2011.

This exhibition has been curated by Kate Jones. All entries were put forward for selection and Kate has kindly selected the pieces for us this time around. This exhibition reflects the wonderful spectrum of our members work that demonstrates a sensitive response to interior spaces, adding to the vibrance and beauty of interior worlds. The exhibition was launched on 29th October 2010.

Launched in June 2010 this exhibition highlights the fact that glass plays a key role in nearly all significant modern works of architecture, particularly in the artistic sense, this is proven by many examples of modern architecture: transparency, the possibility to decorate the surface, the way the building reveals different sides of its nature according to whether it is day or night, or how delicate divisions can be made with glass. The diversity of our members work reveals this intertwining of structure, decoration, light and space.