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Four uneven shaped, rounded glass pods in different colours with etched designs cut into the surface to reveal clear glass below.

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...
An aqua blue bowl decorated with birds and leaves created through sandblasting the surface of the glass.

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...
Detail of 'Fragment Dresser' glass and light installation showing close-up of flat clear glass etched cups, jug, plate etc.

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...

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Five pieces of abstract glass sculpture forming Morphology Collection made from ribbon-like distorted circles of white glass with aqua linings and small frosted balls of glass with each one.

Graduate Prize | 09-09-2025

CGS/Glass Sellers’ Graduate Prize winners announced

We are delighted to announce the results of the Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) and Glass Sellers’ Graduate Prize and those who will be featured...
Image of glass vessel made by Dale Chihuly on the left with emerald green interior, wavy rim in yellow and orange and contrasting dark outside with busy patterns and mark making. It is called Black Pine Soft Cylinder with Cadmium Orange Lip Wrap. On the right an image of an amber colour cast glass sculpture featuring angles and a circular structure by Konstantin Valchev called Illusion.

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...
A selection of craft items on a table made in a variety of materials that were all finalists in the Loewe Craft Prize 2025. View includes a glass vessel by Scott Chaseling.

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...

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Cast glass | 08-02-2024

Waxing lyrical

Anja Isphording relocated her contemporary glass practice from Germany to Canada when she moved in 2000. She is a respected lost wax kiln caster...

Exhibitions | 07-02-2024

Values exhibition opens at S12 gallery

In the exhibition Values, the Estonian artist Kati Kerstna raises questions about what is truly valuable. How valuable, diverse, or poor would the...

Exhibitions | 06-02-2024

Collect Fair celebrates 20 years of craft and design

2024 marks 20 years of the Collect fair as the leading authority on collectable contemporary craft and design, presented by the UK’s Crafts Council...

Exhibitions | 23-01-2024

Upcoming exhibition celebrates Kathryn M Holford

In March 2024 the life and work of leading glass designer and artist Kathryn M Holford (1962-2023) will be highlighted in an exhibition at Fen Ditton...

Competition | 21-01-2024

Flying the flag for glass in a general art competition

Glass artist Kate Mercy of Kate Mercy Glass discusses her entry for a selected art competition and exhibition on the theme ‘Metamorphosis’ This...

Glassblowing | 20-01-2024

Dancing with chance

Richard Roberts’ creative journey with glass was sparked by watching a glassblowing demonstration. This inspired him to learn the craft and, after...

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