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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...
9 cuboid clear cast glass vertical structures with cast glass life-sized figures inside representing anti-Soviet partisans. It is a glass installation in a city square in Poland and this image is taken at night so the cuboids are lit inside and with strip lights around each one. They stand in a military square formation.

Public art | 28-09-2026

The creation of the Anti-Soviet Partisans’ Memorial

Glass artists and architects Tomasz Urbanowicz and Dr Konrad Urbanowicz, who run the ARCHIGLASS studio in Poland, have conceived and created an...

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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...
A moody close up in black and white of the now closed National Glass Centre.

News | 21-10-2026

Council agrees Article 4 Direction for National Glass Centre

Sunderland City Council’s cabinet has agreed to make an Article 4 Direction for the National Glass Centre (NGC), a move intended to bring any...
An image of a dimly lit kitchen scene with the word Everything in blue neon on the back wall against a red background. Title of piece is The Maiden Crone, Past, by Alleson Buchanan.

Magazine opportunity | 20-10-2026

Submit glass work to Corning’s New Glass Review 47

The 47th edition of Corning Museum of Glass’ flagship contemporary glass magazine, New Glass Review is open for submissions. Work must have been...

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Inside pages from the book Raise Your Glass showing assorted stained glass projects

Books | 24-04-2026

New stained glass project book from Neile Cooper

The art of copper foil technique stained glass has been made accessible to all in a new book, ‘Raise Your Glass’, by American stained glass...
Mixed media sculptures of two figures using glass. One stands with no arms and the other lays down on its back with legs raised in a giving birth position.

Mixed media | 22-04-2026

Meet Emma Woffenden

This renowned mixed-media sculptor describes her long and varied experience in creating her expressive art, based on a sound education in glass...
Reino Liefkes of the V&A Museum, London, stands in front of a wall of shelves holding books and folders.

News | 14-04-2026

V&A ceramics and glass expert Reino Liefkes retires

Reino Liefkes, Senior Curator of Ceramics and Glass, Department of Decorative Art and Sculpture, will be retiring on 1 May 2026 after 33 years and...
Image of a glass sculpture with the words Stourbridge Glass Museum and Artefacts of the Future overlaid.

Competition | 12-04-2026

Apply for Stourbridge Glass Museum’s Artefacts of the Future Awards

Glass artists are invited to apply for Stourbridge Glass Museum’s new ‘Artefacts of the Future Awards’ – a competition celebrating excellence...
Two red glass balloons, one with a clear glass syringe pressing into its surface. Work is called Till We Meet Again.

Cast glass | 08-04-2026

Glass artist interview: Off the scale

Antonis Koutouzis enjoys the challenge of casting as it provides the control, precision and depth he needs to realise his desire of pushing the...
Glass artist Yukiko Sugano seated at a long table demonstrating her flame working technique to a crowd of onlookers at the International Festival of Glass 2024 in the UK.

Events | 30-03-2026

Take part in IFOG 2026

As many of you know, the 2026 International Festival of Glass (IFOG) will be taking place in St Helens in Northwest England over the August Bank...

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