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A mixed media sculpture by Maria Donnai called Deep Unknowns 1 - featuring a green sphere of glass held in a brownish curled ceramic with uneven edges.

Pate de verre | 23-01-2026

Mixing it up

Maria Donnai uses taxidermy, porcelain and glass to create her ‘museological’ style. As she embarks on her first solo exhibition, Linda Banks...
Ruth Shelley's Rosebay Willowherb collection of vessels in pinks and greens featuring gravity-pulled patterns.

hot glass | 11-01-2026

A splash of colour

Ruth Shelley brings the palette and pattern of the world around her into her vibrant glass vessels and enjoys using gravity to transform her pieces....
Glass artists Karen Browning and Sarah Brown hold their fake food creations that they made in Osaka, Japan. Behind them is a wall of pieces of fake food in display packaging.

Collaborations | 28-12-2025

Strengthening contemporary glass links with Japan

CGS Chair Sarah Brown reviews her latest glass-focused visit to Japan – via Shanghai – a decade after her first trip in collaboration with the...

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A piece of round blown glass featuring many different colours swirling around by Tim Rawlinson.

Exhibitions | 05-02-2026

London Glassblowing presents Gather exhibition

Peter Layton’s London Glassblowing opens its 50th anniversary year celebrations with a new glass exhibition called Gather this March. The show...
A close up of a stained glass artist sitting behind a light box with glass sheets on it and stained glass panels in the background.

Training | 02-02-2026

Apply for stained glass training bursary

Heritage Crafts is offering a training bursary of up to £4,000 for new entrants and early-career craftspeople working in stained glass window making...
Close up of someone shaping molten glass in the hot shop.

Training | 30-01-2026

Apply for new QEST craft grants

If you are looking for funding to help with craft training, education and skills development, consider applying for a grant from the Queen Elizabeth...

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Fused glass | 23-11-2024

Under the microscope: interview with Rachael Durkan

Rachael Durkan has a fascination with the intricate patterns of nature at a cellular level. Through careful, kiln-formed glass fusing, she captures...

Stained glass | 22-11-2024

Opportunity to make window for Chester Cathedral building

Chester Cathedral would like glass artists to apply for a commission to create a new window for a former school building that has been returned to...

Stained glass | 20-11-2024

Join stained glass study tour of Leicestershire

The Stained Glass Museum in Cambridgeshire, UK, is offering a stained glass study tour of Leicestershire from 27-30 April 2025. Across the three days...

Exhibitions | 18-11-2024

Call for artists for abattoirs exhibition

It is 20 years since BeCraft began holding exhibitions in the stables of the Anciens Abattoirs in Mons, Belgium. To mark this anniversary, a call for...
Cast glass sculpture by Ahuva Zeloof.

Cast glass | 07-11-2024

Never too late

Ahuva Zeloof began pursuing her sculpting career after the age of 70 and is now exploring glass as a medium. Here she explains how she found her way...

Stained glass | 27-10-2024

First ever stained glass blue plaque unveiled

York-based stained glass business Barley Studio has created the ‘world’s first’ stained glass blue plaque, which has been unveiled...

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