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Sand-cast glass sculpture of an island floating in space with a house on the top.

Cast glass | 09-02-2026

Playing with sand like a child

Jan Hooghiemstra’s glass work presents a dreamlike world of symbolic images created in sand moulds. Here he outlines his inspirations and showcases...
A mixed media sculpture by Maria Donnai called Deep Unknowns 1 - featuring a green sphere of glass held in a brownish curled ceramic with uneven edges.

Pate de verre | 23-01-2026

Mixing it up

Maria Donnai uses taxidermy, porcelain and glass to create her ‘museological’ style. As she embarks on her first solo exhibition, Linda Banks...
Ruth Shelley's Rosebay Willowherb collection of vessels in pinks and greens featuring gravity-pulled patterns.

hot glass | 11-01-2026

A splash of colour

Ruth Shelley brings the palette and pattern of the world around her into her vibrant glass vessels and enjoys using gravity to transform her pieces....

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A piece of round blown glass featuring many different colours swirling around by Tim Rawlinson.

Exhibitions | 05-02-2026

London Glassblowing presents Gather exhibition

Peter Layton’s London Glassblowing opens its 50th anniversary year celebrations with a new glass exhibition called Gather this March. The show...
A close up of a stained glass artist sitting behind a light box with glass sheets on it and stained glass panels in the background.

Training | 02-02-2026

Apply for stained glass training bursary

Heritage Crafts is offering a training bursary of up to £4,000 for new entrants and early-career craftspeople working in stained glass window making...
Close up of someone shaping molten glass in the hot shop.

Training | 30-01-2026

Apply for new QEST craft grants

If you are looking for funding to help with craft training, education and skills development, consider applying for a grant from the Queen Elizabeth...

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Exhibitions | 13-05-2024

Poland’s contemporary glass to be exhibited in Germany

Ten years on from their last exhibition at Germany’s Glasmuseum Lette, glass artists from Poland’s Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in...

Training | 12-05-2024

Apply for Glass School internship

The Glass Hub, based in Wiltshire, UK, is offering a 10-month internship opportunity, which will run from September 2024 to July 2025. This...

Competition | 09-05-2024

Enter glass art for Holt Festival prize

North Norfolk’s annual Holt Festival is inviting submissions for a range of art prizes. The Festival brings together music, comedy, literary events...

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...

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