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A highly detailed and rich hand-painted woodland scene in stained glass featuring fox and deer amid lush planting and tree trunks.

Stained glass | 21-06-2026

An inquisitive nature

Petri Anderson explains how he unknowingly started his career in stained glass at a prestigious studio and how he continues to channel his inner...
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...

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White glass circular base supporting numerous highly delicate and detailed naturalistic and fantasy shapes inspired by the natural world and made from pate de verre glass and other glass techniques.

Exhibitions | 18-06-2026

Visit Verity Pulford solo glass exhibition in Wales

Verity Pulford’s solo exhibition, ‘Moss for a Bed’, opens on 4 July 2026 at Ruthin Craft Centre, Wales and runs until 20 September 2026....
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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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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...
Brian Clarke's large glass panel called Ardath, meaning blooming meadow - 450 square foot in size it features bright colours of abstracted flowers in blues, pin, red, yellow and green across the expanse of 11 pillars of 8 panels.

Obituary | 23-07-2025

Obituary: Brian Clarke (1953-2025)

It is with sadness we report the death of master architectural stained glass artist, Sir Brian Clarke DLitt, Hon FRIBA, who passed away on 1 July at...
Scientific glass tubes on legs containing glass lampworked words.

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...
Glass wall art piece in black and blues made using secret technique called lavacoaqting.

Cold working glass | 09-07-2025

The depth of glass

Carolin Zibulka explains how her family’s secret glass ‘lavacoating’ technique is evolving as she develops her practice, reinforcing her...
A painted stained glass panel featuring a figure in clouds and landscape by Jonathan Cooke.

glass painting | 04-07-2025

Sign up for glass painting masterclasses at Swansea College of Art UWTSD

The Architectural Glass Centre at Swansea College of Art, University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) is offering new glass painting...

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