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

26-10-2026

CGS and Glass Sellers’ Charity Graduate Prize winners announced

About 16 clear glass rectangles and squares suggestive of a cityscape, called Ghost Town and made by Cathryn Shilling.

23-10-2026

Apply for Women in Glass exhibition at London Glassblowing

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.

22-10-2026

CGS 2026 Amanda Moriarty Prize winner announced

A moody close up in black and white of the now closed National Glass Centre.

21-10-2026

Council agrees Article 4 Direction for National Glass Centre

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.

21-10-2026

Invisible systems

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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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Charlotte Savill in foreground wearing headphones with her stained glass swimmers on the wall in the background.

News | 22-04-2025

Crafters in the spotlight in new Dom Chinea podcast series

Many of us have been enjoying the third series of BBC1’s popular ‘Make it at Market’ (available now on iPlayer), featuring two stained glass...
The Recycling Narratives: Whispering Sweet Nothings glass artwork series made by Hannah Gibson features figures made from all sorts of recycled glass

Exhibitions | 17-04-2025

Museum of Brands shows Glass Renewed exhibition

Contemporary artworks by internationally recognised, award-winning glass artist Hannah Gibson will be shown alongside outstanding glass objects from...
A series of four blown glass pieces called Flux Noir made with clear glass and sealed with uneven seams of white and black glass.

Glassblowing | 08-04-2025

Glass artist interview with Emma Baker

Emma Baker’s love of glassblowing has taken her around the world to develop her practice. Her recent pieces focus on investigating the materiality...
Sustainably made glass objects by Lulu Harrison

Sustainability | 28-03-2025

Apply for QEST and Heritage Crafts Sustainability Award 2025

Applications for the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) and Heritage Crafts Sustainability Award are now open. This award, now in its...
A view of London Glassblowing gallery showing various art glass sculptures

Exhibitions | 25-03-2025

Apply to exhibit at London Glassblowing with CGS

Members of the Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) are invited to apply to exhibit at the prestigious London Glassblowing in June 2025. This curated...

Exhibitions | 24-03-2025

Apply to take part in Venice Glass Week

Applications are invited from glass artists for the 2025 Venice Glass Week, the ninth annual international glass festival taking place across the...
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