Features
Graal technique | 07-09-2025
The seed of a new idea
Michele Oberdieck describes how her artistic journey took her from textiles to glass, using blowing and graal techniques to develop colour blends and...
Sandblasting | 21-08-2025
Having a blast
Ruth Dresman loves to celebrate the joy of the natural world in her distinctive artwork. Here she describes her contemporary glass practice, which...
Community projects | 10-08-2025
Transformational material
Mixed media artist and CGS board member Linda Norris talks about the importance of community in her practice and how working with glass with...
News
Events | 14-09-2025
Join CGS for V&A glass symposium
The Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) is excited to announce a one-day symposium at the renowned Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum in London on...
Graduate Prize | 09-09-2025
CGS/Glass Sellers’ Graduate Prize winners announced
We are delighted to announce the results of the Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) and Glass Sellers’ Graduate Prize and those who will be featured...
Exhibitions | 08-09-2025
Bulgaria’s International Festival of Glass opens this month
Bulgaria’s International Biennale of Glass (IBG) celebrates its fifth edition this month with an exhibition of around 200 works by artists from 50...
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Exhibitions | 07-09-2022
CGS launches The Human Condition online glass exhibition
Take a look at the latest CGS online exhibition, ‘The Human Condition’, which is featured on the CGS website until 30 October. The theme for the...
Kilnworking | 07-09-2022
Ancient rings frozen in glass
US-based Jim Scheller makes glass art with an engineer’s eye, using kilnforming and coldworking to achieve his intricate pieces. Linda Banks finds...
Exhibitions | 31-08-2022
‘Holiday Heaven’ glass postcard show winners announced
The winner of the ‘Best in Show’ category in the Contemporary Glass Society’s (CGS) ‘Holiday Heaven’ exhibition at the International...
Exhibitions | 31-08-2022
Apply now for CGS ‘Glorious Glass’ exhibition, Torquay
Throughout 2022 the Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) has been marking its 25th anniversary – and the UN-designated International Year of Glass –...
Exhibitions | 30-08-2022
Chris Day’s glass sculpture unveiled at Stourbridge Glass Museum
Glass artist Chris Day’s winning artwork ‘After the Darkness, the Light’ was unveiled by auctioneer and TV personality Will Farmer, at the new...
Exhibitions | 27-08-2022
International Festival of Glass 2022 winners announced
Over £17,000-worth of awards were announced at the Private View evening at the launch of the International Festival of Glass on 25 August 2022. More...
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