Features
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...
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...
Community projects | 10-08-2025
Transformational material
Mixed media artist and CGS board member Linda Norris talks about the importance of community in her practice and how working with glass with...
News
Graduate Prize | 09-09-2025
CGS/Glass Sellers’ Graduate Prize winners announced
We are delighted to announce the results of the Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) and Glass Sellers’ Graduate Prize and those who will be featured...
Exhibitions | 08-09-2025
Bulgaria’s International Festival of Glass opens this month
Bulgaria’s International Biennale of Glass (IBG) celebrates its fifth edition this month with an exhibition of around 200 works by artists from 50...
Competition | 28-08-2025
Apply for Loewe Craft Prize 2026
Launched in 2016, the Loewe Foundation’s Craft Prize is a prestigious international event celebrating the best in modern craft across a range of...
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Events | 27-04-2023
London Craft Week 2023 this May
London Craft Week runs from 8-14 May 2023. The annual event celebrates outstanding British and international creativity, bringing together over 750...
Events | 27-04-2023
Book for second CGS Discovery Day at the National Glass Centre
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES. WE’LL KEEP YOU ADVISED OF FURTHER CGS DISCOVERY DAYS SOON. The second in...
Lampworking | 25-04-2023
New exhibition featuring lampworked glass
From 6 May until 8 October 2023, visitors to Germany’s Glasmuseum Lette can see the ‘To be on fire’ exhibition of lampworked glass. This is the...
Courses | 24-04-2023
Learn pâte de verre with Anne Petters
Glass artist Anne Petters is running a course called ‘Glass Sculpture: an Introduction to Pâte-de-Verre’, suitable for all abilities, in London...
Exhibitions | 23-04-2023
CGS Sumptuous Summer exhibitors selected
Make a note to visit the upcoming Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) exhibition on the theme of ‘Sumptuous Summer’, being held at Buckenham...
Competition | 22-04-2023
Winners of glass engraving prizes announced
The Guild of Glass Engravers has announced the winners of the Making Your Mark exhibition of student work. The prestigious David Peace Prize of £500...
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