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An organically shaped glass pollen sack made from white glass with honey infusions that creat brownish mottles to the surface.

Glassblowing | 08-06-2026

Mark Fenn interview: A beeline to success

Returning to glassblowing after a 35-year gap was all in his stride for Mark Fenn. In the three years since appearing on the BBC tv series ‘Make It...
Fused glass with inclusions mounted on mouthblown glass.

Collaborations | 25-05-2026

Chelsea Flower Show garden featuring glass awarded Gold Medal

Three glass artists teamed up with renowned garden designer Patrick Clarke to produce a 28-piece glass installation for The Children’s Society...
Art installation featuring projected image at the rear with three coloured cast glass slabs on three plinths equidistant in the space.

Mixed media | 06-05-2026

Creating a sense of a living presence

Through her multi-modal artwork and installations, Liz Waugh McManus brings together sculptural glass and twenty-first century technologies to...

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Exhibitions | 15-06-2026

Apply for YOUNG GLASS 27 in Denmark

Glass artists under the age of 35 are invited to apply to exhibit at YOUNG GLASS 27, to be held at Glas – Museum of Glass Art in Ebeltoft, Denmark,...
Detail of glass artwork by Keith Cummings featuring a horizontal oval of deep amber coloured glass with random holes supported by metal bars that look like vertical sticks.

Events | 13-06-2026

Stourbridge Glass Museum launches A Celebration of Glass 2026

A retrospective featuring the glass work of Keith Cummings, an Endangered Crafts exhibition and live glassmaking demonstrations headline a summer...

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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...
A series of 5 vertically rectangular flat glass panels, with the tallest in the centre and descending sizes of panel each side, mounted on a dark grey base. Painted across the 5 panels is a scene of mountain peaks in tones of grey, yellow and ochre, representing autumn in the Snowdonian Massif.

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...
Cast glass sculpture in clear glass called Early Morning Wren representing the sound of a quarry as a spectogram etched inside the glass.

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....
Image of The World of Glass museum from outside across water

Appeal | 10-08-2025

Appeal to save The World of Glass in St Helens

One of Merseyside’s most treasured cultural landmarks, The World of Glass (TWOG), is celebrating its 25th anniversary but facing imminent closure...
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...
Pate de verre glass artwork by Verity Pulford called Dark Glimmers, featuring several flower head-like structures in monotone colours.

Events | 30-07-2025

Invitation to CGS Glass in Wales Symposium

The Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) invites members and non-members to a Glass in Wales symposium, to be held at Aberystwyth Arts Centre on Saturday...

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