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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...
Detail of 'Fragment Dresser' glass and light installation showing close-up of flat clear glass etched cups, jug, plate etc.

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...

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Five pieces of abstract glass sculpture forming Morphology Collection made from ribbon-like distorted circles of white glass with aqua linings and small frosted balls of glass with each one.

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...
Image of glass vessel made by Dale Chihuly on the left with emerald green interior, wavy rim in yellow and orange and contrasting dark outside with busy patterns and mark making. It is called Black Pine Soft Cylinder with Cadmium Orange Lip Wrap. On the right an image of an amber colour cast glass sculpture featuring angles and a circular structure by Konstantin Valchev called Illusion.

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...
A selection of craft items on a table made in a variety of materials that were all finalists in the Loewe Craft Prize 2025. View includes a glass vessel by Scott Chaseling.

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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Cast glass | 20-04-2023

Modular making in the third dimension

Georgia Redpath describes her journey with intricate mould-making techniques to create an endless variety of geometric forms in glass I am, by...

Competition | 17-04-2023

Contemporary glass artists reach final of Loewe Foundation Craft Prize

Three glass artists are among the 30 finalists for the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2023. UK-based Keeryong Choi’s cast glass boxes ‘Daam...

Conferences | 12-04-2023

SGAA marks 120 years with 2023 conference

The Stained Glass Association of America (SGAA) is celebrating its 120th anniversary in 2023. Its annual conference this year is entitled ‘Forging...

Fused glass | 03-04-2023

Magic with monochrome

Tracy Nicholls is fascinated by the process of decay and chooses opaque glass to depict her ideas, mostly using fusing and slumping techniques. Linda...

Exhibitions | 31-03-2023

Apply for CGS online exhibition Bordering on the Herbaceous

The Contemporary Glass Society’s (CGS) next online exhibition has a botanical theme. CGS members are invited to apply for ‘Bordering on the...

Exhibitions | 30-03-2023

Ireland Glass Biennale at Dublin Castle

The Ireland Glass Biennale (IGB) 2023 opens on 28 April and features work by some of the world’s most innovative glass artists, designers and craft...

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