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

News | 21-10-2026

Council agrees Article 4 Direction for National Glass Centre

Sunderland City Council’s cabinet has agreed to make an Article 4 Direction for the National Glass Centre (NGC), a move intended to bring any...

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Katharine Dowson sitting in front of glass head installation she made at the Science Museum.

Exhibitions | 07-02-2025

Sculpted glass heads mark World Cancer Day

‘Silent Stories’, a powerful sculptural artwork that explores the profound emotional experience of living with cancer, from diagnosis to...
Mixed media sculpture using pate de verre glass and textiles

Pate de verre | 06-02-2025

Artist interview with Chimene Taylor

Orkney-based Chimene Taylor weaves together her skills with textiles and pate de verre to create sculptures and wall art inspired by her island...
Pyramid Gallery owner Terry Brett with art glass by Bruce Marks

Exhibitions | 04-02-2025

Pyramid Gallery celebrates 30 years with Artglass exhibition

Marking an impressive 30 years of selling studio glass, Pyramid Gallery in York will showcase the work of 25 invited glass artists who have helped...
Sunderland Culture CEO Nick Malyan and Rachel Smith, Director, National Glass Centre, in front of a glassblowing furnace

News | 27-01-2025

New Glassworks: Sunderland venture secures £5m grant

Sunderland Culture has been awarded a £5m grant by the Department for Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) to develop Glassworks: Sunderland, described...
Fused glass bowl titled Enough Always

Fused glass | 23-01-2025

Glass artist interview with Hassina Khan

Creativity runs in Hassina’s blood, but it was when she discovered glass that she knew she had found her medium. Linda Banks finds out more. What...
Glass art by Laura Quinn

Exhibitions | 13-01-2025

Book tickets for Collect 2025

Collect – the craft arena’s leading annual international exhibition – takes place from 28 February to 2 March 2025 at Somerset House in London....

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