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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...
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...
Detail of 'Fragment Dresser' glass and light installation showing close-up of flat clear glass etched cups, jug, plate etc.

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...

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Images of 4 glass artists at work and examples of their work shown below. Artists are Jeff Zimmer, Karen Browning, James Maskrey and Moonju Suh.

Events | 14-09-2025

Join CGS for V&A glass symposium

The Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) is excited to announce a one-day symposium at the renowned Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum in London on...
Five pieces of abstract glass sculpture forming Morphology Collection made from ribbon-like distorted circles of white glass with aqua linings and small frosted balls of glass with each one.

Graduate Prize | 09-09-2025

CGS/Glass Sellers’ Graduate Prize winners announced

We are delighted to announce the results of the Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) and Glass Sellers’ Graduate Prize and those who will be featured...
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...

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Exhibitions | 22-06-2024

Apply to exhibit at International Biennale of Glass in Bulgaria

Glass artists from around the world are invited to apply for the fifth edition of the International Biennale of Glass (IBG) 2025, held in Bulgaria....

Glass printing | 21-06-2024

Screen test

Glass artist James Cockerill loves experimenting with traditional methods and the latest printmaking techniques to create his distinctive artworks....

Exhibitions | 21-06-2024

Stained glass at Sandlings Sculpture Garden

‘Shields’ and ‘Circles’ stained glass works by Surinder Warboys are on show as part of a group exhibition at Sandlings Sculpture Garden at...

Stained glass | 20-06-2024

Glass artist Helen Whittaker awarded MBE in King’s Birthday Honours List

Stained glass artist and creative director at Barley Studio in York, Helen Whittaker MA FMGP, has been awarded an MBE in HM the King’s Birthday...

Training | 19-06-2024

Be an artist in residence at UCA Farnham

Each academic year the craft programme at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA), Farnham, Surrey, UK, hosts an Artist in Residence (AiR)...

| 13-06-2024

Register for New Energy glass symposium

The Glass Department of Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, invites delegates to register for its ‘New Energy’ glass...

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