23-01-2026
Mixing it up
11-01-2026
A splash of colour
Features
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...
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....
Collaborations | 28-12-2025
Strengthening contemporary glass links with Japan
CGS Chair Sarah Brown reviews her latest glass-focused visit to Japan – via Shanghai – a decade after her first trip in collaboration with the...
News
Competition | 20-01-2026
Apply for Lord Mayor’s stained glass roundel competition 2026
Once again, the Reflections of The Lord Mayor Stained Glass Roundel Design Competition is inviting entries for the 2026 edition. This year marks the...
Exhibitions | 15-01-2026
Parndon Mill Gallery Glasshaus XVIII exhibition
Jane Vincent previews a new exhibition featuring resident glassmakers and Just Glass members in Essex. As we begin another year it is such a joy to...
Pate de verre | 10-01-2026
Pate de verre entry shortlisted for John Ruskin Prize
A pestle and mortar created from pate de verre glass and made by CGS member Keith Dymond has been shortlisted for the 8th John Ruskin Prize....
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Training | 21-04-2024
IFoG offers free Masterclasses for disabled artists
Four free Masterclasses are on offer for disabled/D/deaf/neurodivergent artists based in the UK. They are provided by the International Festival of...
Events | 19-04-2024
Glass highlights of London Craft Week 2024
The increasingly popular annual London Craft Week takes place from 13-19 May 2024, with events and exhibitions at venues across the city showcasing...
| 14-04-2024
Bibi Smit exhibits glass installation in Venice
Wouldn’t it be nice to be in a space where you can forget everything, turn off your thoughts and only focus on your senses for a moment? To find a...
| 11-04-2024
QEST Sanderson Rising Star craft award
Do you know a UK-based emerging maker worthy of recognition who you would like to nominate for an impressive award? The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship...
Business | 09-04-2024
Apply for series 3 of Make it at Market
Many of us have seen the popular BBC tv series ‘Make it at Market’, which helps up-and-coming artisans to progress a career in their chosen...
Glassblowing | 08-04-2024
Grand designs: an odyssey that started with orchids
American glassblower Jason Gamrath sells his larger-than-life botanical sculptures for many hundreds of thousands of dollars today, but he spent...