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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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Close-up from above of hands holding either side of a wooden box holding a clear glass cast butterfly, fruit and fish with gold embellishments. Item by Effie Burns and titled "land sea sky".

Exhibitions | 09-09-2026

CGS Cabinet of Curiosities – buy your favourite now!

The Contemporary Glass Society’s (CGS) Cabinet of Curiosities exhibition, which launched at the August 2026 International Festival of Glass (IFoG)...
Layered glass picture featuring photographs made using recycled glass.

Exhibitions | 03-09-2026

Visit The Other Glass/The Art of Recycled Glass exhibition

Stourbridge Glass Museum invites visitors to explore a new perspective on glass in a new international exhibition called The Other Glass/The Art of...
A dual image featuring glassblower Phoebe Stubbs leaning on a table of her glass bottles and glasses with racks of large glass vases in bright colours behind her. The other image shows a close up of Tobias Newbigin grinding the edge of a sheet of frosted glass with a cut star in the centre against a wheel.

Training | 26-08-2026

Contemporary glass makers receive 2026 QEST awards

Two glass specialists have received training grants in the latest round of financial awards from the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST). The...
A dual image featuring a man in hard hat reaching up to repair a traditional stained glass window on the left and on the right a close-up of a woman painting on coloured glass on a light table.

Training | 24-08-2026

The Glaziers’ Company Charity opens Annual Grants Scheme

The Glaziers’ Company Charity is inviting applications for its Annual Grants Scheme 2026/7. The grants are designed to support the training and...
A close-up of two hands holding thin wires that are joined to an old stained glass window and being wound round a reinforcing bar.

Conferences | 23-08-2026

Sign up for ICON stained glass group conference 2026

Tickets are available for this year’s ICON stained glass group conference, titled ‘Data, Damage, and Decision-Making: The Next Era of Stained...
Banner in white writing on red background publicising the Venice Glass Week 10th edition.

Events | 21-08-2026

Venice Glass Week marks 10th anniversary in 2026

The Venice Glass Week celebrates its tenth anniversary this September with over 200 events taking place across Venice, Murano and Mestre from 12 to...

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