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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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Close up of someone shaping molten glass in the hot shop.

Training | 30-01-2026

Apply for new QEST craft grants

If you are looking for funding to help with craft training, education and skills development, consider applying for a grant from the Queen Elizabeth...
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...

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Exhibitions | 27-10-2022

Final winners announced at British Glass Biennale

While most of the awards at this year’s British Glass Biennale were announced previously, a few had to wait until the end of the event. Tim...

Exhibitions | 26-10-2022

In Our Hands glass exhibition in Canada

Glass artist Mary Louise White’s ‘In Our Hands’ exhibition celebrates “the power we hold in our hands through the beauty of glass”. The...

Exhibitions | 26-10-2022

Fired Up: Glass Today exhibition at Wadsworth Atheneum

Over 50 glass artists making everything from studio glass to American flameworking are showing their work at the ‘Fired Up: Glass Today’...
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Exhibitions | 25-10-2022

Last chance to see BSMGP touring exhibition at Manchester Cathedral

Manchester Cathedral is the final venue for the British Society of Master Glass Painters’ (BSMGP) touring exhibition, which has been travelling to...

Exhibitions | 24-10-2022

Three exhibitions at the National Glass Centre

Three exhibitions of contemporary glass are on show at the National Glass Centre (NGC) in Sunderland until March 2023. Harvest: Fruit Gathering The...

Magazine opportunity | 23-10-2022

Apply to be featured in Corning’s New Glass Review 43

The US-based Corning Museum of Glass has published its highly regarded New Glass Review annually since 1979. The publication has an enviable...

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