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Romanesco vegetable-inspired pate de verre glass sculptures embedded in clear blown glass

| 22-09-2025

Maria Zulueta: Amanda Moriarty Prize report

One of the four winners of the latest CGS Amanda Moriarty Prize, Maria Zulueta, describes her five days experimenting with new directions in her...
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...

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The World of Glass in St Helens front view including entrance and glass cone.

News | 02-10-2025

The World of Glass saved from closure

Having far exceeded the original target of £50,000 needed to keep The World of Glass (TWOG) in St Helens open, this important venue promoting...
Presentation by stained glass artist Jacqui Fowler at Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

Events | 30-09-2025

Glass in Wales symposium review

Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) Chair Sarah Brown looks back on the many highlights of the joint symposium held in September.   Wow! What a...
Image composite of three stained glass artists. One stands next to a stained glass window wearing a hard hat and is comparing glass colour with the existing window. One is placing pieces of painted glass into a kiln and the third is painting pieces of stained glass on a Lightbox.

Training | 29-09-2025

Apply for architectural and stained glass awards

The Glaziers’ Company Charity has launched its Annual Awards Scheme 2025/6 to support the training and development of artists and conservators...

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Competition | 27-05-2023

Graduates’ Glass Prize applications open 5 June 2023

If you are graduating from a British or Irish accredited course in 2023 and you work with glass, don’t forget to apply for this year’s Glass...

Events | 22-05-2023

Glass art to feature at New Designers 2023

New Designers (ND), the UK’s largest graduate design event, returns to the Business Design Centre, London, for its annual gathering this June and...

Murrine | 19-05-2023

Drawing on the past

Glass artist Mathieu Grodet has combined his love of drawing with several different glass techniques, most recently settling on the creation of...

Stained glass | 15-05-2023

Historic stained glass window making joins Red List of Endangered Crafts

Stained glass window making (historic windows) has been added to the Heritage Crafts Association’s (HCA) Red List of Endangered Crafts 2023. The...

Events | 13-05-2023

International Festival of Glass and British Glass Biennale seek new organisers

August 2024 will see the International Festival of Glass celebrating its 20th anniversary with its 10th biennial gathering in Stourbridge, West...

Conferences | 11-05-2023

Society of Glass Technology annual conference call for papers

The theme of the Society of Glass Technology’s (SGT) 2023 annual conference is Sustainability in Glass. The organisers are calling for prospective...

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