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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....
Glass artists Karen Browning and Sarah Brown hold their fake food creations that they made in Osaka, Japan. Behind them is a wall of pieces of fake food in display packaging.

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...
Blown glass bowls featuring knitted copper inclusions within the glass in the Del Mar series by Emmy Palmer.

| 12-12-2025

A stitch in time

Emmy Palmer found fame in the BBC tv series Make It At Market in 2021, with her trademark knitted wire work that was encased in blown and polished...

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Detail of red pate de verre glass bowl sculpture called Crushed and Boiled.

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....

Exhibitions | 29-12-2025

Collect 2026 exhibition to showcase cutting-edge design

Renowned international craft and design fair Collect returns to Somerset House in London in February 2026. Featuring international galleries and arts...
Four speakers standing in front of large overhead screen for their presentations.

Events | 18-12-2025

CGS glass narratives event at the V&A

CGS Chair Sarah Brown reviews an interesting and informative gathering at this top London museum. What a day it was on Friday 5 December 2025! Over...

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Business | 29-07-2023

Apply to be glass artist in residence at UCA

The ceramics, glass and jewellery departments at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA), in Farnham, Surrey, deliver an Artist in Residence (AiR)...

Events | 29-07-2023

Alli Hoag to be artist in residence at Toledo Museum of Art

The US Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) has named Alli Hoag as the 55th Guest Artist Pavilion Project (GAPP) Artist in Residence from 23 August to 1...

Events | 28-07-2023

Glass Futures opens £54m research centre to help glass industry go greener

An innovative research and technology centre that will help the global glass industry to create greener, cleaner products has officially opened....

Events | 27-07-2023

Book for Just Glass seminar Glasscapes

The Just Glass group’s eighth biennial seminar, ‘Glasscapes: Land and Seascapes in Glass Art’, will feature five internationally renowned glass...

Competition | 26-07-2023

Call for entries for Warm Glass UK’s annual Glass Prize

Glass artists around the world are invited to submit a piece of kiln-formed glass art to the Glass Prize 2023, run by glass supplier Warm Glass UK....

Exhibitions | 25-07-2023

Enter Loewe Foundation’s craft prize

The seventh edition of the prestigious Loewe Foundation Craft Prize is open for entry. This annual, international award celebrates excellence in...

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