Decorative image showing The John Ruskin Prize text

19-09-2026

9th John Ruskin Prize open for entries

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

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...

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Decorative image showing The John Ruskin Prize text

Exhibitions | 19-09-2026

9th John Ruskin Prize open for entries

The 9th John Ruskin Prize is open to entries from artists, designers and makers, amateur or professional, from anywhere in the world. This...
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...

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Exhibitions | 03-03-2023

Carnival Glass Society 40th anniversary exhibition

The Carnival Glass Society will be holding an exhibition celebrating the beauty, creativity and ingenuity of this pressed iridised glass at...

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...
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