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A mixed media sculpture by Maria Donnai called Deep Unknowns 1 - featuring a green sphere of glass held in a brownish curled ceramic with uneven edges.

Pate de verre | 23-01-2026

Mixing it up

Maria Donnai uses taxidermy, porcelain and glass to create her ‘museological’ style. As she embarks on her first solo exhibition, Linda Banks...
Ruth Shelley's Rosebay Willowherb collection of vessels in pinks and greens featuring gravity-pulled patterns.

hot glass | 11-01-2026

A splash of colour

Ruth Shelley brings the palette and pattern of the world around her into her vibrant glass vessels and enjoys using gravity to transform her pieces....
Glass artists Karen Browning and Sarah Brown hold their fake food creations that they made in Osaka, Japan. Behind them is a wall of pieces of fake food in display packaging.

Collaborations | 28-12-2025

Strengthening contemporary glass links with Japan

CGS Chair Sarah Brown reviews her latest glass-focused visit to Japan – via Shanghai – a decade after her first trip in collaboration with the...

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A piece of round blown glass featuring many different colours swirling around by Tim Rawlinson.

Exhibitions | 05-02-2026

London Glassblowing presents Gather exhibition

Peter Layton’s London Glassblowing opens its 50th anniversary year celebrations with a new glass exhibition called Gather this March. The show...
A close up of a stained glass artist sitting behind a light box with glass sheets on it and stained glass panels in the background.

Training | 02-02-2026

Apply for stained glass training bursary

Heritage Crafts is offering a training bursary of up to £4,000 for new entrants and early-career craftspeople working in stained glass window making...
Close up of someone shaping molten glass in the hot shop.

Training | 30-01-2026

Apply for new QEST craft grants

If you are looking for funding to help with craft training, education and skills development, consider applying for a grant from the Queen Elizabeth...

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News | 14-04-2021

Glass Sellers and CGS Glass Prize for graduates from 2020 and 2021

All contemporary glass students graduating from a British or Irish accredited course in 2020 and 2021 are eligible to enter the 2021 Graduate Prize,...

News | 12-04-2021

Important studio glass auction on 30 April

Contemporary glass by glass masters from Europe and America to be auctioned on 30 April

News | 01-04-2021

Win prizes by glass masters in CGS fundraising raffle

Win contemporary glass sculptures by some great names in glass in the CGS prize

Business | 29-03-2021

Sign up for courses on selling online and improving your website

Two online courses at a special rate to CGS members: ‘Start to sell online’ and ‘Sell more

News | 28-03-2021

Student competition for engraved glass

The Guild of Glass Engravers is inviting applications from UK and overseas students for ‘Making Your Mark’, an Instagram-based exhibition with...

Cast glass | 25-03-2021

Casting off: Carol Milne’s knitted glass

Carol Milne uses lost wax glass casting to create intricate, knitted art that celebrates the process of

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