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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 | 29-11-2020
Be part of international film festival celebrating glass
Following the success of the ‘Glass, Meet the Future’ film festival, hosted in July 2020 online by North Lands Creative, applications are now...
News | 28-11-2020
Call for artists for the European Prize for Applied Arts 2021
Glass artists working in the field of applied arts and craft design are invited to submit work for the upcoming European Prize for Applied Arts
News | 25-11-2020
Bristol highlights glassmakers with Ken Stradling Collection exhibition
Bristol’s Ken Stradling Collection is hosting the Fire and Ice exhibition, which will be viewable from the street, this
Flameworking | 25-11-2020
Flameworked Folk and Fairy Tales
Lucie Kovarova-Weir’s detailed glass canework and jewellery evolved from her fascination with beadmaking and a background in animation. Here she...
News | 24-11-2020
Amanda Moriarty Memorial Prize hotshop opportunity for CGS members
In 2017, Amanda Moriarty, a long-serving Board member and Honorary Treasurer of CGS, passed away. In memory of her enthusiasm and encouragement of...
News | 14-11-2020
Your chance to own a drawing by glass artist David Reekie
David Reekie is selling his sketches to raise funds towards the 25th Anniversary activities of the Contemporary Glass Society