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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....
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...

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Glass roundel designs by two winners of the 2023 Lord Mayor's competition by Bethan Yates and Kate Henderson.

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...
A reddish-brown cast glass sculpture in an abstract shape by Monette Larsen.

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...
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....

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Exhibitions | 30-06-2023

The 6th John Ruskin Prize Call for Entries

Artists, designers and makers worldwide are invited to apply for the sixth John Ruskin Prize, which has the theme of ‘Seeing the Unseen, Hearing...

Events | 30-06-2023

Contemporary Glass Discovery Day at Edinburgh University

Join the Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) and the Scottish Glass Society (SGS) this September for the latest in our series of Discovery Days being...

| 30-06-2023

Apply for QEST funding and new emerging maker grants

Many glass artists have been among the 800 people awarded funding by the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) since it began the scheme in 1990....

Stained glass | 29-06-2023

Prismatic Art retrospective exhibition: Deanne Mangold

Throughout August and September 2023, architectural glass and textile artist Deanne Mangold will be presenting a retrospective of her work at Rhonda...

Exhibitions | 29-06-2023

Contemporary stained glass exhibited in meadow

Glass artist Surinder Warboys has two large, innovative stained glass works on display in a wildflower meadow as part of the Waveney and Blyth Arts...

Exhibitions | 26-06-2023

Exhibition of glass at French glass museum

Richard Jackson and Sally Fawkes launch their exhibition ‘Inspirer Expirer’ (Inhale Exhale) in the gardens at the Glass Museum François...

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