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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...
Scientific glass tubes on legs containing glass lampworked words.

Lampworking | 22-07-2025

Celebrating 35 years of creating glass

Ian Pearson looks back over his long career in scientific glassblowing and creative lampworking with his characteristic frank and humorous style. My...

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A series of 5 vertically rectangular flat glass panels, with the tallest in the centre and descending sizes of panel each side, mounted on a dark grey base. Painted across the 5 panels is a scene of mountain peaks in tones of grey, yellow and ochre, representing autumn in the Snowdonian Massif.

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...
Cast glass sculpture in clear glass called Early Morning Wren representing the sound of a quarry as a spectogram etched inside the glass.

Exhibitions | 16-08-2025

One Island, Many Visions sculpture exhibition in Dorset

Glass sculptors Colin Reid, Karen Browning and Rebecca Newnham are taking part in the ‘One Island, Many Visions’ event in Portland this autumn....
Image of The World of Glass museum from outside across water

Appeal | 10-08-2025

Appeal to save The World of Glass in St Helens

One of Merseyside’s most treasured cultural landmarks, The World of Glass (TWOG), is celebrating its 25th anniversary but facing imminent closure...

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Exhibitions | 13-05-2024

Poland’s contemporary glass to be exhibited in Germany

Ten years on from their last exhibition at Germany’s Glasmuseum Lette, glass artists from Poland’s Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in...

Training | 12-05-2024

Apply for Glass School internship

The Glass Hub, based in Wiltshire, UK, is offering a 10-month internship opportunity, which will run from September 2024 to July 2025. This...

Competition | 09-05-2024

Enter glass art for Holt Festival prize

North Norfolk’s annual Holt Festival is inviting submissions for a range of art prizes. The Festival brings together music, comedy, literary events...

News | 08-05-2024

Funding enables Stourbridge Glass Museum to target net zero

Stourbridge Glass Museum is to receive £250,000 from Arts Council England’s Capital Investment Programme. This will enable it to invest in new...

Exhibitions | 30-04-2024

Sunderland student exhibition Dry Run at Shipley

Shipley Art Gallery is hosting the annual second-year student exhibition of work from the University of Sunderland’s Glass and Ceramics course,...

Competition | 30-04-2024

Apply for Creative Lives Awards 2024

Has your creative group done something you are really proud of during the past year? If so, it is time to enter the Creative Lives Awards – an...

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