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Overhead view of detailed stained glass window design of a mermaid with flowing hair and painted details.

Stained glass | 09-11-2026

Beyond the bloom

Emily Smale describes how a BBC tv programme transformed her from a stained-glass flower maker into a businesswoman with a significant project. Back...
Glass artist Malina Cipleu stands to the right of an installation of cast glass organics rounded shapes in different sizes in tones of grey mounted on a wall and spanning a width of about 2 metres. The main collection of larger pieces is concentrated in the centre, with gradually smaller pieces spreading out to left and right in a tapering formation.

Installation | 21-10-2026

Invisible systems

Modular installations that allow the forms to interact and adapt are the speciality of kiln-formed glass artist Malina Cipleu. Here she tells Linda...
A chunky solid band bangle made with faceted yellow glass with a hexagonal mirrored glass feature detail displayed on a round perspex plinth. Small glass objects blurred in the background.

Training | 03-10-2026

Avon lady glass instruction

Joanna Manousis outlines how she brought glass, chemistry, sculpture and jewellery together to inspire students at Birmingham School of Jewellery in...

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Three vertical stretched glass sculptures in clear and brown glass by Sean Barnes.

News | 26-10-2026

CGS and Glass Sellers’ Charity Graduate Prize winners announced

The Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) is delighted to announce the winners of the 2026 Glass Sellers’ Graduate Prize. This prestigious competition...
About 16 clear glass rectangles and squares suggestive of a cityscape, called Ghost Town and made by Cathryn Shilling.

Exhibitions | 23-10-2026

Apply for Women in Glass exhibition at London Glassblowing

London Glassblowing invites applications from UK-based women working in glass to take part in ‘Women in Glass’, a group exhibition opening in...
Emerging artist Izzy Cheyne Jones stands amid an installation of hanging clear glass rectangles linked together in loops and held by numerous brass coloured oval rings held on vertical wires. The effect is of a series of tent canopy tops.

Training | 22-10-2026

CGS 2026 Amanda Moriarty Prize winner announced

This year’s winner of the 2026 Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) Amanda Moriarty Prize is Izzy Cheyne Jones. Izzy will be mentored by Emma Woffenden...

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Conferences | 11-05-2023

Society of Glass Technology annual conference call for papers

The theme of the Society of Glass Technology’s (SGT) 2023 annual conference is Sustainability in Glass. The organisers are calling for prospective...

Exhibitions | 09-05-2023

Museum of Glass exhibition designed to engage children with glass

The US-based Museum of Glass has launched a glass exhibition with opportunities alongside each exhibit for children to create, move and play. The...

Exhibitions | 08-05-2023

Material encounters: the Ireland Glass Biennale exhibition 2023

Dr Anna Moran delves into the work and inspirations of the artists in this show, on until 20 August 2023 at Dublin Castle. Dr Moran lectures on the...

Exhibitions | 07-05-2023

Bordering on the Herbaceous glass exhibition launched

The latest Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) online exhibition features the themes of summer and flowers and is live now on the CGS website. Twenty...

Events | 06-05-2023

Join next CGS glass Discovery Day at The Hepworth Wakefield

Do you want to find out more about contemporary glass? All are welcome at the next Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) Discovery Day, where glass...

Exhibitions | 27-04-2023

Caithness Glass exhibition in Inverness

Inverness Museum and Art Gallery will be celebrating the history of Caithness Glass with an exhibition of pieces donated by glass collector Dr Graham...

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