A view of the former Peter Smiths Antiques building in Sunderland where Glassworks: Sunderland will be built if planning permission is granted.

28-07-2026

Glassworks: Sunderland planning application submitted

Image of details of different types of glass art and the words International Festival of Glass.

27-07-2026

British Glass Biennale 2026 artists announced for IFOG

Detail of etched poster for CRACKED exhibition.

15-07-2026

CRACKED exhibition confronts barriers to glass artists

A mid blue square sided shallow box supporting small cubes of cut and polished glass layers in angled pink cubes. All made by Stacey Poultney and this sculpture is titled Urban Echoes.

09-07-2026

Renaissance man

Decorative image showing International Biennale of Glass logo

06-07-2026

Open call for International Biennale of Glass in Bulgaria

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A mid blue square sided shallow box supporting small cubes of cut and polished glass layers in angled pink cubes. All made by Stacey Poultney and this sculpture is titled Urban Echoes.

Mixed media | 09-07-2026

Renaissance man

Glass artist Stacey Poultney talks about the evolution of his practice and his aspirations to make brutalist-inspired, kinetic pieces, drawing on his...
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...

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A view of the former Peter Smiths Antiques building in Sunderland where Glassworks: Sunderland will be built if planning permission is granted.

| 28-07-2026

Glassworks: Sunderland planning application submitted

After months of design work and consultation with artists, makers and creative businesses, Sunderland City Council has received an application to...
Image of details of different types of glass art and the words International Festival of Glass.

Exhibitions | 27-07-2026

British Glass Biennale 2026 artists announced for IFOG

A total of 82 artists has been selected for the British Glass Biennale 2026 at this year’s International Festival of Glass. Held at The World of...
Detail of etched poster for CRACKED exhibition.

Exhibitions | 15-07-2026

CRACKED exhibition confronts barriers to glass artists

An artist-led exhibition at Street and a Half in St Helens will take place as a satellite event to the International Festival of Glass (27-31 August...

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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...
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...
A selection of craft items on a table made in a variety of materials that were all finalists in the Loewe Craft Prize 2025. View includes a glass vessel by Scott Chaseling.

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...
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....
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