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Mixed media | 06-05-2026
Creating a sense of a living presence
Through her multi-modal artwork and installations, Liz Waugh McManus brings together sculptural glass and twenty-first century technologies to...
Mixed media | 22-04-2026
Meet Emma Woffenden
This renowned mixed-media sculptor describes her long and varied experience in creating her expressive art, based on a sound education in glass...
Cast glass | 08-04-2026
Glass artist interview: Off the scale
Antonis Koutouzis enjoys the challenge of casting as it provides the control, precision and depth he needs to realise his desire of pushing the...
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Competition | 08-05-2026
Apply for the Stanislav Libenský Award 2026
Glass artists under the age of 25, as well as Bachelor’s or Master’s degree graduates from 2025 and 2026 (with no age limit), are invited to...
Competition | 03-05-2026
Children’s doodle glass competition
Schools across the UK are invited to take part in a free creative competition for pupils of all ages that will see three winning children’s...
Exhibitions | 27-04-2026
UWTSD Swansea College of Art permanent exhibition launched at Swansea Minster
A collection of stained glass panels from the archive of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David’s (UWTSD) Swansea College of Art has been...
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Cast glass | 23-12-2024
Creating something from nothing
Glass artist Jessie Lee explains how she chose glass as her preferred medium in her quest to represent ‘nothing’ through her art. She specialises...
News | 22-12-2024
Outgoing CGS Chair Sue receives her gift
As many of you know, the Contemporary Glass Society’s (CGS) charismatic Chair, Susan Purser Hope, has stepped down from the role after seven years...
News | 21-12-2024
Heritage Crafts awards for contemporary glass workers
Heritage Crafts has awarded training bursaries to two contemporary glass workers to enable them to learn heritage craft skills. Glass flameworker...
Business | 20-12-2024
New EU GPSR regulation
On 13 December 2024, the European Union (EU) introduced a new set of safety regulations, which affect people selling consumer products to the EU and...
Job opportunity | 10-12-2024
CGS administrator job opportunity
The Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) is looking for a new Administrator to manage the day-to-day running of the organisation, contribute to its...
Flameworking | 08-12-2024
Creature comforts: Interview with Lea Lenhart
Lea Lenhart has developed her childhood love of glass beads into a glass practice that celebrates nature and beauty through flameworked glass...