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Cast glass | 23-12-2024
Creating something from nothing
Glass artist Jessie Lee explains how she chose glass as her preferred medium in her quest to represent ‘nothing’ through her art. She specialises...
Flameworking | 08-12-2024
Creature comforts: Interview with Lea Lenhart
Lea Lenhart has developed her childhood love of glass beads into a glass practice that celebrates nature and beauty through flameworked glass...
Fused glass | 23-11-2024
Under the microscope: interview with Rachael Durkan
Rachael Durkan has a fascination with the intricate patterns of nature at a cellular level. Through careful, kiln-formed glass fusing, she captures...
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News | 22-12-2024
Outgoing CGS Chair Sue receives her gift
As many of you know, the Contemporary Glass Society’s (CGS) charismatic Chair, Susan Purser Hope, has stepped down from the role after seven years...
News | 21-12-2024
Heritage Crafts awards for contemporary glass workers
Heritage Crafts has awarded training bursaries to two contemporary glass workers to enable them to learn heritage craft skills. Glass flameworker...
Business | 20-12-2024
New EU GPSR regulation
On 13 December 2024, the European Union (EU) introduced a new set of safety regulations, which affect people selling consumer products to the EU and...
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Marketing | 16-10-2020
Selling to the trade – is it for you?
Margeret Bunn runs the British Craft Trade Fair and has worked with designer-makers for over 38 years, guiding them through the process of trade...
News | 12-10-2020
The Cloud of Unknowing collaborative exhibition at Norwich Cathedral
Norwich Cathedral’s Hostry is showcasing a collaborative exhibition of work by two artists, featuring stained glass panels made during lockdown by...
News | 09-10-2020
Nick Mount This Spring exhibition in Sydney, Australia
Nick Mount has been blowing glass since a cowboy boot-wearing American introduced him to it in the mid-1970s. Looking back, it was a fortuitous time...
News | 04-10-2020
David and Morag Reekie joint exhibition at Etienne Gallery
In this short series of work, David Reekie and Morag Reekie, a father and daughter team, have collaborated around the idea of protesters and some...
News | 28-09-2020
Apply now for Japan’s Toyama International Glass Exhibition 2021
Would you like the chance to show your glass creation at Japan’s Toyama International Glass Exhibition, which is scheduled to take place from 10...
News | 26-09-2020
Blown, Bound and Bold solo exhibition launches at Vessel Gallery
Emerging glass artist Chris Day is making his debut at Vessel Gallery, with a solo exhibition running from 28 September to 31 October 2020. His...