Features

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...

Glass Network digital brings you all the latest news and features about contemporary glass

Send your news, feature ideas or advertising requests to the Editor Linda Banks

Contact

Supplier Directory

View

News

Close up of someone shaping molten glass in the hot shop.

Training | 30-01-2026

Apply for new QEST craft grants

If you are looking for funding to help with craft training, education and skills development, consider applying for a grant from the Queen Elizabeth...
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...

All

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...

Events | 25-06-2023

Disability and Inclusion Pilot at International Festival of Glass

At the 2022 edition of the International Festival of Glass (IFG), part of the funding from Arts Council England was allocated to a disability and...

Conferences | 24-06-2023

Submit proposals for Glass Art Society conference 2024

The Glass Art Society (GAS) has announced that its 2024 conference will take place in Berlin, Germany, from 15-18 May. The theme of the conference...

Exhibitions | 24-06-2023

Contemporary glass exhibition at Sussex Prairie Garden

A wander through the Sussex Prairie Garden in West Sussex this summer and autumn enables you to interact not only with an array of beautiful flora...

Conferences | 19-06-2023

Join The Glass Virus to discuss glass education

The Glass Virus is hosting its seventh think tank conference in Amsterdam in September 2023 and invites artists, designers, educators, makers and...

Courses | 18-06-2023

Join Jonathan Cooke for glass painting masterclasses

The Architectural Glass Centre at Swansea College of Art is offering specialist glass painting masterclasses by Jonathan Cooke in September 2023....

Magazine/News

Glass Network digital brings you all the latest news and features about contemporary glass

Send your news, feature ideas or advertising requests to the Editor Linda Banks

Contact

Supplier Directory

View