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Four uneven shaped, rounded glass pods in different colours with etched designs cut into the surface to reveal clear glass below.

Graal technique | 07-09-2025

The seed of a new idea

Michele Oberdieck describes how her artistic journey took her from textiles to glass, using blowing and graal techniques to develop colour blends and...
An aqua blue bowl decorated with birds and leaves created through sandblasting the surface of the glass.

Sandblasting | 21-08-2025

Having a blast

Ruth Dresman loves to celebrate the joy of the natural world in her distinctive artwork. Here she describes her contemporary glass practice, which...
Detail of 'Fragment Dresser' glass and light installation showing close-up of flat clear glass etched cups, jug, plate etc.

Community projects | 10-08-2025

Transformational material

Mixed media artist and CGS board member Linda Norris talks about the importance of community in her practice and how working with glass with...

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Images of 4 glass artists at work and examples of their work shown below. Artists are Jeff Zimmer, Karen Browning, James Maskrey and Moonju Suh.

Events | 14-09-2025

Join CGS for V&A glass symposium

The Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) is excited to announce a one-day symposium at the renowned Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum in London on...
Five pieces of abstract glass sculpture forming Morphology Collection made from ribbon-like distorted circles of white glass with aqua linings and small frosted balls of glass with each one.

Graduate Prize | 09-09-2025

CGS/Glass Sellers’ Graduate Prize winners announced

We are delighted to announce the results of the Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) and Glass Sellers’ Graduate Prize and those who will be featured...
Image of glass vessel made by Dale Chihuly on the left with emerald green interior, wavy rim in yellow and orange and contrasting dark outside with busy patterns and mark making. It is called Black Pine Soft Cylinder with Cadmium Orange Lip Wrap. On the right an image of an amber colour cast glass sculpture featuring angles and a circular structure by Konstantin Valchev called Illusion.

Exhibitions | 08-09-2025

Bulgaria’s International Festival of Glass opens this month

Bulgaria’s International Biennale of Glass (IBG) celebrates its fifth edition this month with an exhibition of around 200 works by artists from 50...

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Stained glass | 25-03-2021

Shields of Light are a potent symbol at Cambridge hospital

The installation ‘Shields of Light’ is on display at the Rosie Hospital Garden,

News | 24-03-2021

Take part in the next Venice Glass Week

Submit your proposal for the fifth Venice Glass Week, taking place between 4 and 17 September

News | 22-03-2021

In memory of stained glass artist Claire Prendergast

Glass artist Pippa Stacey pays tribute to the talented stained glass artist and

News | 18-03-2021

Your support needed for UN International Year of Glass 2022

International glass organisations are coming together to support a resolution for a United Nations (UN) International Year of Glass in

News | 17-03-2021

How to apply for the Coburg Prize for Contemporary Glass 2022

Hailed as “the most important European competition in international contemporary glass art”, the Coburg Prize for Contemporary Glass 2022 has...

Competition | 16-03-2021

Apply for Cambridge Invitational Art Contest & Exhibition 2021

Apply for this year’s Cambridge Invitational Art Contest & Exhibition until 1 July

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