Features
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...
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...
News
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...
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...
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Obituary | 15-10-2024
Obituary: Iain Gunn, founding member of North Lands Creative
CGS heard today the sad news of the death of Iain Gunn, at age 91. Iain was one of the founding members of North Lands Creative, and a driving force...
Cast glass | 11-10-2024
Faith in the promise of material
Netherlands-based architect and glass artist Han de Kluijver talks about his career and how he wants his glass objects to build a bridge between...
Events | 08-10-2024
Join CGS for contemporary glass Discovery Day at the V&A
The Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) continues to expand horizons and take contemporary glass into the community through its final Discovery Day of...
| 03-10-2024
British Glass Biennale 2024 prize and award winners
The winners of the 2024 British Glass Biennale, held in August 2024 as part of the final International Festival of Glass under the direction of the...
| 29-09-2024
International Festival of Glass 2024 prize winners
Various prizes were awarded to exhibits at the final International Festival of Glass, held in Stourbridge, West Midlands, UK in summer 2024. CGS...
Mosaic | 22-09-2024
Interview with mosaic artist Sarah Pryke
South African artist Dr Sarah Pryke has brought a scientific eye to the creation of her finely detailed glass mosaic pieces. Linda Banks finds out...