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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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Fused glass | 23-11-2024

Under the microscope: interview with Rachael Durkan

Rachael Durkan has a fascination with the intricate patterns of nature at a cellular level. Through careful, kiln-formed glass fusing, she captures...

Stained glass | 22-11-2024

Opportunity to make window for Chester Cathedral building

Chester Cathedral would like glass artists to apply for a commission to create a new window for a former school building that has been returned to...

Stained glass | 20-11-2024

Join stained glass study tour of Leicestershire

The Stained Glass Museum in Cambridgeshire, UK, is offering a stained glass study tour of Leicestershire from 27-30 April 2025. Across the three days...

Exhibitions | 18-11-2024

Call for artists for abattoirs exhibition

It is 20 years since BeCraft began holding exhibitions in the stables of the Anciens Abattoirs in Mons, Belgium. To mark this anniversary, a call for...
Cast glass sculpture by Ahuva Zeloof.

Cast glass | 07-11-2024

Never too late

Ahuva Zeloof began pursuing her sculpting career after the age of 70 and is now exploring glass as a medium. Here she explains how she found her way...

Stained glass | 27-10-2024

First ever stained glass blue plaque unveiled

York-based stained glass business Barley Studio has created the ‘world’s first’ stained glass blue plaque, which has been unveiled...

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