Features
Cast glass | 09-02-2026
Playing with sand like a child
Jan Hooghiemstra’s glass work presents a dreamlike world of symbolic images created in sand moulds. Here he outlines his inspirations and showcases...
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...
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....
News
News | 20-02-2026
Open letter in support of Glassworks: Sunderland
Sarah Brown, Chair of the Contemporary Glass Society (CGS), explains why CGS is supporting the new facility for glassmaking in Sunderland. You may be...
Exhibitions | 20-02-2026
Showcase rare glass skills at Endangered Crafts exhibition
A new exhibition featuring endangered glass crafts will be held at Stourbridge Glass Museum later this year (11 July-7 November 2026). Glass artists...
Exhibitions | 15-02-2026
Dutch Glass Biennale returns to Amersfoort
After the success of its first edition in 2024, The Dutch Glass Biennale, ‘Living the Glass Age’, returns to Eemklooster (a former monastery) in...
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News | 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...
Marketing | 09-02-2021
Last call for Essential Social Media for Creatives course
Final call to sign up for The Design Trust's new course on Social Media for absolute beginners with a discount for CGS
News | 06-02-2021
Remembering Harry Seager (1931-2021)
A tribute to the life and work of this influential architectural glass sculptor, by Keith Cummings. The sad news of the death of the sculptor and...
News | 30-01-2021
Artists selected for Glass, Meet the Future 2021 film festival
Art works exploring new ways of engaging with the materiality of glass in the digital era commissioned for ‘Glass, Meet the Future’ (GMTF)
News | 30-01-2021
In memory of Sam Herman (1936-2020)
A tribute to one of the great innovators of the contemporary glass world, Sam