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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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Events | 10-09-2024
The World of Glass to host 2026 International Festival of Glass
The Glass Art Society (GAS) has announced that the first International Festival of Glass (IFoG) under its stewardship will be held at The World of...
Stained glass | 09-09-2024
Interview: stained glass artist Debora Coombs
Debora Coombs is an accomplished stained glass artist with a love of geometric patterns that has led her to push the boundaries of her practice to...
Events | 05-09-2024
Register for Making Futures conference
The 2024 Making Futures conference, on the theme ‘Beyond Objects, Materiality at the Edge of Making’, takes place at Arts University Plymouth in...
Stained glass | 02-09-2024
ICON stained glass group conference and AGM
The Institute of Conservation (ICON) Stained Glass Group conference and AGM takes place on 26 October 2024 in Chester, UK. Titled ‘Beyond the Whall...
Flameworking | 26-08-2024
Like a moth to a flame
US glass artist Dan Hoffman specialises in flameworking tiny borosilicate glass molecules and complex geometric structures, some of which are smaller...
News | 22-08-2024
UK Graduate Glass Prize winners announced
Two first prize winners have been announced for the Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers’ (WCGS) and Contemporary Glass Society’s (CGS) annual...