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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...
Kilnworking | 23-11-2025
Structural integrity
US glass artist Morgan Madison brings precise draughtsmanship to his architectural designs of kiln-formed and laminated cityscapes and artifacts....
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Exhibitions | 29-12-2025
Collect 2026 exhibition to showcase cutting-edge design
Renowned international craft and design fair Collect returns to Somerset House in London in February 2026. Featuring international galleries and arts...
Events | 18-12-2025
CGS glass narratives event at the V&A
CGS Chair Sarah Brown reviews an interesting and informative gathering at this top London museum. What a day it was on Friday 5 December 2025! Over...
Stained glass | 07-12-2025
Ely Stained Glass Museum awarded major grant
A conservation and training grant of over £90,000 has been awarded to the Stained Glass Museum at Ely Cathedral by The Julia Rausing Trust. The...
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Cast glass | 20-02-2023
Making the miniature monumental
Angela Thwaites is known for her cast glass and likes to create pieces that draw the viewer in to take a second look. Her most recent work is moving...
Exhibitions | 16-02-2023
Process glass exhibition, book launch and demos in Stourbridge
A hybrid book launch and glass exhibition with live demonstrations is taking place in Stourbridge, West Midlands, opening on 25 March 2023. Glass...
Competition | 15-02-2023
Apply now for Blown Away Season 4
If you’d like to follow in the footsteps of the UK’s Elliot Walker – who won Season 2 of the Netflix glassblowing...
Exhibitions | 14-02-2023
Simon Berger’s Shattering Beauty exhibition in Murano
Swiss artist Simon Berger has a solo show at the Museo del Vetro of Murano, Italy featuring artworks that explore the fragility of the human...
Exhibitions | 13-02-2023
CGS collaborates with Buckenham Galleries for summer exhibition
The Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) is extending its reach across the country in 2023 with new events and exhibitions. The first of these...
Training | 11-02-2023
Scottish glass studio receives The Macallan artisan apprenticeship fund
Glasstorm hot glass studio in the Scottish Highlands is one of four recipients of an Artisan Apprenticeship Fund from master whisky producer The...
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