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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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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...

| 29-09-2024

International Festival of Glass 2024 prize winners

Various prizes were awarded to exhibits at the final International Festival of Glass, held in Stourbridge, West Midlands, UK in summer 2024. CGS...

Mosaic | 22-09-2024

Interview with mosaic artist Sarah Pryke

South African artist Dr Sarah Pryke has brought a scientific eye to the creation of her finely detailed glass mosaic pieces. Linda Banks finds out...

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