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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...
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...
Lampworking | 22-07-2025
Celebrating 35 years of creating glass
Ian Pearson looks back over his long career in scientific glassblowing and creative lampworking with his characteristic frank and humorous style. My...
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Competition | 28-08-2025
Apply for Loewe Craft Prize 2026
Launched in 2016, the Loewe Foundation’s Craft Prize is a prestigious international event celebrating the best in modern craft across a range of...
Exhibitions | 19-08-2025
Visit The Four Seasons CGS exhibition at Pyramid Gallery
A celebration of contemporary glass art inspired by Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons violin concerto is taking place at Pyramid Gallery, York, this...
Exhibitions | 16-08-2025
One Island, Many Visions sculpture exhibition in Dorset
Glass sculptors Colin Reid, Karen Browning and Rebecca Newnham are taking part in the ‘One Island, Many Visions’ event in Portland this autumn....
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News | 27-02-2021
Biscuit Factory contemporary glass exhibition open
The Contemporary Glass Society is pleased to announce that an exhibition of glass by its members is now open at the Biscuit
News | 27-02-2021
GAS invites applications for sustainable glass exhibition
Glass artists are invited to submit work for an upcoming Glass Art Society (GAS) exhibition focusing on
Lampworking | 24-02-2021
Capturing the underwater world in glass
Sculptor Emily Williams has developed her own way of hand torching glass, which, to her, is a way of drawing with space and
News | 23-02-2021
‘A Postcard From…’ exhibition launched
View the latest CGS exhibition 'A Postcard From...' now, where work is available to
Exhibitions | 16-02-2021
Submit entries for new CGS members’ selling show: Flora
CGS invites members to submit images of artwork on the theme of Flora for online selling
Lampworking | 13-02-2021
Practice makes perfect: glass artist Wayne Cain
Renowned glass artist Wayne Cain explains how his father influenced his own resourcefulness in learning and mastering skills that have kept him at...