Close-up from above of hands holding either side of a wooden box holding a clear glass cast butterfly, fruit and fish with gold embellishments. Item by Effie Burns and titled "land sea sky".

09-09-2026

CGS Cabinet of Curiosities – buy your favourite now!

Layered glass picture featuring photographs made using recycled glass.

03-09-2026

Visit The Other Glass/The Art of Recycled Glass exhibition

A dual image featuring glassblower Phoebe Stubbs leaning on a table of her glass bottles and glasses with racks of large glass vases in bright colours behind her. The other image shows a close up of Tobias Newbigin grinding the edge of a sheet of frosted glass with a cut star in the centre against a wheel.

26-08-2026

Contemporary glass makers receive 2026 QEST awards

A dual image featuring a man in hard hat reaching up to repair a traditional stained glass window on the left and on the right a close-up of a woman painting on coloured glass on a light table.

24-08-2026

The Glaziers’ Company Charity opens Annual Grants Scheme

A close-up of two hands holding thin wires that are joined to an old stained glass window and being wound round a reinforcing bar.

23-08-2026

Sign up for ICON stained glass group conference 2026

Features

Aqua blue carved stained glass panel featuring a swimming creature by Jonathan Soper.

Carved glass | 13-08-2026

The art of making carved stained glass

Jonathan Soper is one of a few glass artists working with this niche and skilled technique to create glowing, coloured glass panels. Here he...
A mid blue square sided shallow box supporting small cubes of cut and polished glass layers in angled pink cubes. All made by Stacey Poultney and this sculpture is titled Urban Echoes.

Mixed media | 09-07-2026

Renaissance man

Glass artist Stacey Poultney talks about the evolution of his practice and his aspirations to make brutalist-inspired, kinetic pieces, drawing on his...
A highly detailed and rich hand-painted woodland scene in stained glass featuring fox and deer amid lush planting and tree trunks.

Stained glass | 21-06-2026

An inquisitive nature

Petri Anderson explains how he unknowingly started his career in stained glass at a prestigious studio and how he continues to channel his inner...

Glass Network digital brings you all the latest news and features about contemporary glass

Send your news, feature ideas or advertising requests to the Editor Linda Banks

Contact

Supplier Directory

View

News

Close-up from above of hands holding either side of a wooden box holding a clear glass cast butterfly, fruit and fish with gold embellishments. Item by Effie Burns and titled "land sea sky".

Exhibitions | 09-09-2026

CGS Cabinet of Curiosities – buy your favourite now!

The Contemporary Glass Society’s (CGS) Cabinet of Curiosities exhibition, which launched at the August 2026 International Festival of Glass (IFoG)...
Layered glass picture featuring photographs made using recycled glass.

Exhibitions | 03-09-2026

Visit The Other Glass/The Art of Recycled Glass exhibition

Stourbridge Glass Museum invites visitors to explore a new perspective on glass in a new international exhibition called The Other Glass/The Art of...
A dual image featuring glassblower Phoebe Stubbs leaning on a table of her glass bottles and glasses with racks of large glass vases in bright colours behind her. The other image shows a close up of Tobias Newbigin grinding the edge of a sheet of frosted glass with a cut star in the centre against a wheel.

Training | 26-08-2026

Contemporary glass makers receive 2026 QEST awards

Two glass specialists have received training grants in the latest round of financial awards from the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST). The...

All

Events | 28-02-2023

Expanding Horizons glass Discovery Days – book now

Building on the success of our 25th Anniversary year, in 2023 the Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) is reaching out to more people than ever, to...

Training | 24-02-2023

Calling Commonwealth craftspeople for MA scholarship opportunity

The Prince’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts has announced two full scholarships for students from Commonwealth countries to undertake...

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...
444546474849505152535455565758596061626364656667686970717273747576777879808182838485868788899091929394

Magazine/News

Glass Network digital brings you all the latest news and features about contemporary glass

Send your news, feature ideas or advertising requests to the Editor Linda Banks

Contact

Supplier Directory

View