Features
Graal technique | 07-09-2025
The seed of a new idea
Michele Oberdieck describes how her artistic journey took her from textiles to glass, using blowing and graal techniques to develop colour blends and...
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...
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...
News
Exhibitions | 08-09-2025
Bulgaria’s International Festival of Glass opens this month
Bulgaria’s International Biennale of Glass (IBG) celebrates its fifth edition this month with an exhibition of around 200 works by artists from 50...
Competition | 28-08-2025
Apply for Loewe Craft Prize 2026
Launched in 2016, the Loewe Foundation’s Craft Prize is a prestigious international event celebrating the best in modern craft across a range of...
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...
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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...
Events | 27-04-2024
Join discussion on digital technology in craft
As part of its Members’ Day, the Society of Designer Craftsmen (SDC) is inviting members and non-members to a lunch and discussion on...
News | 25-04-2024
What is in CGS Glass Network magazine #84?
Glass Network magazine editor, Linda Banks, highlights some of the content in the upcoming print magazine, which will be arriving through members’...
Glassblowing | 22-04-2024
Creative chameleon
Paula Stokes has worn many hats in the art world, including being a glassmaker and supporter of the glass community through teaching and establishing...