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Sand-cast glass sculpture of an island floating in space with a house on the top.

Cast glass | 09-02-2026

Playing with sand like a child

Jan Hooghiemstra’s glass work presents a dreamlike world of symbolic images created in sand moulds. Here he outlines his inspirations and showcases...
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....

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A piece of round blown glass featuring many different colours swirling around by Tim Rawlinson.

Exhibitions | 05-02-2026

London Glassblowing presents Gather exhibition

Peter Layton’s London Glassblowing opens its 50th anniversary year celebrations with a new glass exhibition called Gather this March. The show...
A close up of a stained glass artist sitting behind a light box with glass sheets on it and stained glass panels in the background.

Training | 02-02-2026

Apply for stained glass training bursary

Heritage Crafts is offering a training bursary of up to £4,000 for new entrants and early-career craftspeople working in stained glass window making...
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...

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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...

Stained glass | 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....

Courses | 17-06-2023

QEST scholarships for four artists who work with glass

Four glass artists are among the 27 craftspeople awarded funding by the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) to further their training and...

Exhibitions | 16-06-2023

Wales Contemporary exhibition call for entries

The Waterfront Gallery in Milford Haven, Wales, plays host to the fourth Wales Contemporary exhibition in 2023. It has launched a call for entries...

Mosaic | 11-06-2023

Passion projects

Veruska Vagen’s dot de verre technique fuses her love of painting, glass and art history, using tiny dots of coloured glass to create delicate...

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