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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....
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...
| 12-12-2025
A stitch in time
Emmy Palmer found fame in the BBC tv series Make It At Market in 2021, with her trademark knitted wire work that was encased in blown and polished...
News
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...
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...
Pate de verre | 10-01-2026
Pate de verre entry shortlisted for John Ruskin Prize
A pestle and mortar created from pate de verre glass and made by CGS member Keith Dymond has been shortlisted for the 8th John Ruskin Prize....
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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...
Exhibitions | 30-03-2023
Corazón Salvaje exhibition in Spain
From 24 March to 25 June 2023, Manuela Castro Martins will be exhibiting her glass art at Museo de Arte do Vidrio de Alcorcón (MAVA) in Madrid,...
Competition | 29-03-2023
2023 Graduates save the date for Glass Prize application
If you are graduating from a British or Irish accredited course in 2023 and you work with glass, make a note to apply for this year’s Glass...
Exhibitions | 28-03-2023
Fungi and glass exhibition, plus rebranding, at Glasmuseet Ebeltoft
Denmark’s Glasmuseet Ebeltoft will launch a major solo exhibition, ‘Evolutions’, featuring work co-created with nature, this April. The works...
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