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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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Glass roundel designs by two winners of the 2023 Lord Mayor's competition by Bethan Yates and Kate Henderson.

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...
A reddish-brown cast glass sculpture in an abstract shape by Monette Larsen.

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...
Detail of red pate de verre glass bowl sculpture called Crushed and Boiled.

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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News | 14-01-2023

New city centre home being explored for reimagined National Glass Centre

The University of Sunderland is working with its partners Sunderland City Council and Sunderland Culture to explore new city centre locations for the...

Exhibitions | 12-01-2023

Chen Peiper’s glass displayed in Venice

Israel-based glass artist Chen Peiper created the installation ‘Covitrum’ as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The work, exhibited at the...

Events | 05-01-2023

A window into contemporary glass in Southern Africa

South African glass artists and educators marked the United Nations’ International Year of Glass through a series of exhibitions and symposia...

Exhibitions | 28-12-2022

In the Making exhibition at Glasmuseet Ebeltoft

Launching on 14 January 2023, the In the Making exhibition at Denmark’s Glasmuseet Ebeltoft showcases the creative processes of 10 younger glass...

Fundraising | 27-12-2022

CGS raffle raises almost £2k

Each year the Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) holds a fundraising raffle. This is an important way to support the CGS to put on its many events....

Flameworking | 24-12-2022

Sculpting history

Glass artist Amber Cowan captures the past in her detailed dioramas in vintage colours that are inspired by, and incorporate, glass from now closed...

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