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Aqua blue carved stained glass panel featuring a swimming creature by Jonathan Soper.

Carved glass | 13-08-2026

The art of making carved stained glass

Jonathan Soper is one of a few glass artists working with this niche and skilled technique to create glowing, coloured glass panels. Here he...
A mid blue square sided shallow box supporting small cubes of cut and polished glass layers in angled pink cubes. All made by Stacey Poultney and this sculpture is titled Urban Echoes.

Mixed media | 09-07-2026

Renaissance man

Glass artist Stacey Poultney talks about the evolution of his practice and his aspirations to make brutalist-inspired, kinetic pieces, drawing on his...
A highly detailed and rich hand-painted woodland scene in stained glass featuring fox and deer amid lush planting and tree trunks.

Stained glass | 21-06-2026

An inquisitive nature

Petri Anderson explains how he unknowingly started his career in stained glass at a prestigious studio and how he continues to channel his inner...

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A dual image featuring glassblower Phoebe Stubbs leaning on a table of her glass bottles and glasses with racks of large glass vases in bright colours behind her. The other image shows a close up of Tobias Newbigin grinding the edge of a sheet of frosted glass with a cut star in the centre against a wheel.

Training | 26-08-2026

Contemporary glass makers receive 2026 QEST awards

Two glass specialists have received training grants in the latest round of financial awards from the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST). The...
A dual image featuring a man in hard hat reaching up to repair a traditional stained glass window on the left and on the right a close-up of a woman painting on coloured glass on a light table.

Training | 24-08-2026

The Glaziers’ Company Charity opens Annual Grants Scheme

The Glaziers’ Company Charity is inviting applications for its Annual Grants Scheme 2026/7. The grants are designed to support the training and...
A close-up of two hands holding thin wires that are joined to an old stained glass window and being wound round a reinforcing bar.

Conferences | 23-08-2026

Sign up for ICON stained glass group conference 2026

Tickets are available for this year’s ICON stained glass group conference, titled ‘Data, Damage, and Decision-Making: The Next Era of Stained...

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Sibylle Peretti's After the Flood before the Storm wall panel, kiln-formed glass, engraved, silvered, painted, paper, print

Mixed media | 08-01-2025

Glass artist interview with Sibylle Peretti

Sibylle Peretti brings a sense of magic and myth to her mixed media pieces that combine a variety of glass and draughtsmanship skills. Linda Banks...
Hand cutting a piece of stained glass on a light box

Training | 06-01-2025

Apply for QEST training grants of up to £18k

In its role of sustaining vital skills in traditional and contemporary crafts, twice a year the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) offers three...
Graham Knowles with glass vase at Stourbridge Glass Museum

News | 03-01-2025

Graham Knowles awarded MBE

Chairman of the British Glass Foundation Graham Knowles has been recognised in the King’s 2025 New Year’s Honours List with an MBE for services...
Rotating glass pentagons made by Jessie Lee

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...
Susan Purser Hope with her gift of a stained glass panel featuring a circus theme

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...
Allister Malcolm glassblower receiving his award at Eltham Palace

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...

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