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Overhead view of detailed stained glass window design of a mermaid with flowing hair and painted details.

Stained glass | 09-11-2026

Beyond the bloom

Emily Smale describes how a BBC tv programme transformed her from a stained-glass flower maker into a businesswoman with a significant project. Back...
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...

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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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News | 22-10-2024

Apply for Corning’s New Glass Review 45

It is time to submit your glass work for US-based The Corning Museum of Glass’ flagship annual publication, New Glass Review. New Glass Review was...

Stained glass | 21-10-2024

Stained glass window for Royal Auxiliary Air Force unveiled

A window design by Chad Kenney, a serving member of the Royal Air Force, was selected in a competition to commemorate 100 years of the Royal...

Obituary | 15-10-2024

Obituary: Iain Gunn, founding member of North Lands Creative

CGS heard today the sad news of the death of Iain Gunn, at age 91. Iain was one of the founding members of North Lands Creative, and a driving force...

Cast glass | 11-10-2024

Faith in the promise of material

Netherlands-based architect and glass artist Han de Kluijver talks about his career and how he wants his glass objects to build a bridge between...

Events | 08-10-2024

Join CGS for contemporary glass Discovery Day at the V&A

The Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) continues to expand horizons and take contemporary glass into the community through its final Discovery Day of...

| 03-10-2024

British Glass Biennale 2024 prize and award winners

The winners of the 2024 British Glass Biennale, held in August 2024 as part of the final International Festival of Glass under the direction of the...

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