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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...

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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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Lampworking | 29-05-2023

Obituary: Tom Young MBE

Master Glassblower Tom Young MBE passed away on 22 May 2023. Tom was not only a master glassblower; he also had an outstanding knowledge of...

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...

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