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Glass artist Malina Cipleu stands to the right of an installation of cast glass organics rounded shapes in different sizes in tones of grey mounted on a wall and spanning a width of about 2 metres. The main collection of larger pieces is concentrated in the centre, with gradually smaller pieces spreading out to left and right in a tapering formation.

Installation | 21-10-2026

Invisible systems

Modular installations that allow the forms to interact and adapt are the speciality of kiln-formed glass artist Malina Cipleu. Here she tells Linda...
A chunky solid band bangle made with faceted yellow glass with a hexagonal mirrored glass feature detail displayed on a round perspex plinth. Small glass objects blurred in the background.

Training | 03-10-2026

Avon lady glass instruction

Joanna Manousis outlines how she brought glass, chemistry, sculpture and jewellery together to inspire students at Birmingham School of Jewellery in...
9 cuboid clear cast glass vertical structures with cast glass life-sized figures inside representing anti-Soviet partisans. It is a glass installation in a city square in Poland and this image is taken at night so the cuboids are lit inside and with strip lights around each one. They stand in a military square formation.

Public art | 28-09-2026

The creation of the Anti-Soviet Partisans’ Memorial

Glass artists and architects Tomasz Urbanowicz and Dr Konrad Urbanowicz, who run the ARCHIGLASS studio in Poland, have conceived and created an...

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Three vertical stretched glass sculptures in clear and brown glass by Sean Barnes.

News | 26-10-2026

CGS and Glass Sellers’ Charity Graduate Prize winners announced

The Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) is delighted to announce the winners of the 2026 Glass Sellers’ Graduate Prize. This prestigious competition...
About 16 clear glass rectangles and squares suggestive of a cityscape, called Ghost Town and made by Cathryn Shilling.

Exhibitions | 23-10-2026

Apply for Women in Glass exhibition at London Glassblowing

London Glassblowing invites applications from UK-based women working in glass to take part in ‘Women in Glass’, a group exhibition opening in...
Emerging artist Izzy Cheyne Jones stands amid an installation of hanging clear glass rectangles linked together in loops and held by numerous brass coloured oval rings held on vertical wires. The effect is of a series of tent canopy tops.

Training | 22-10-2026

CGS 2026 Amanda Moriarty Prize winner announced

This year’s winner of the 2026 Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) Amanda Moriarty Prize is Izzy Cheyne Jones. Izzy will be mentored by Emma Woffenden...

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News | 24-11-2020

Amanda Moriarty Memorial Prize hotshop opportunity for CGS members

In 2017, Amanda Moriarty, a long-serving Board member and Honorary Treasurer of CGS, passed away.  In memory of her enthusiasm and encouragement of...

News | 14-11-2020

Your chance to own a drawing by glass artist David Reekie

David Reekie is selling his sketches to raise funds towards the 25th Anniversary activities of the Contemporary Glass Society

News | 14-11-2020

Scottish Glass Society report recommends its future path

To mark its 40th anniversary year, the volunteer-led Scottish Glass Society (SGS) commissioned a report to examine its achievements, the current...

Collecting glass | 07-11-2020

Recollections of an Art Glass Collector

Would you like to be an art glass collector? CGS Treasurer Mike Barnes has been collecting art glass for over 20 years, having bought his first piece...

News | 31-10-2020

Buy beautiful contemporary glass direct from the artists

If you want a bespoke Christmas gift or an artwork to cheer up your home, check out the Contemporary Glass Society’s latest online selling show,...

Inspiration | 27-10-2020

What’s in the next Glass Network print magazine?

The new editor of the Glass Network print magazine, Kirsteen Aubrey, provides a sneak peek into some of the highlights coming up in her first...

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