Features
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...
Lampworking | 22-07-2025
Celebrating 35 years of creating glass
Ian Pearson looks back over his long career in scientific glassblowing and creative lampworking with his characteristic frank and humorous style. My...
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Competition | 28-08-2025
Apply for Loewe Craft Prize 2026
Launched in 2016, the Loewe Foundation’s Craft Prize is a prestigious international event celebrating the best in modern craft across a range of...
Exhibitions | 19-08-2025
Visit The Four Seasons CGS exhibition at Pyramid Gallery
A celebration of contemporary glass art inspired by Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons violin concerto is taking place at Pyramid Gallery, York, this...
Exhibitions | 16-08-2025
One Island, Many Visions sculpture exhibition in Dorset
Glass sculptors Colin Reid, Karen Browning and Rebecca Newnham are taking part in the ‘One Island, Many Visions’ event in Portland this autumn....
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Business | 23-07-2022
Free business support for London creatives
London Creative Network (LCN) at Cockpit is offering free business training for craft practitioners based in London. The programme will take place...
Enamelling | 23-07-2022
Enhancing life with enamelling
Harry Forster-Stringer transforms jewellery, functional forms and art objects with fused, powdered glass in a myriad of rich colours. Here he...
Exhibitions | 13-07-2022
Glass art display in Enchanted Garden
Now in its ninth year, The Enchanted Garden 2022 international art exhibition in Belgium features many new glass artists, marking the International...
Competition | 11-07-2022
Apply for the Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award 2023
Glass artists no older than 40 are invited to apply for the biennial Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award 2023. The 10,000 Euro Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial...
Cold working glass | 08-07-2022
Carrie Gustafson: shining serenity, light and joy into the world
American glass artist Carrie Gustafson finds peace in her painstaking process of hand-cutting and applying stencils to create patterns on glass. She...
Events | 01-07-2022
Join CGS for ‘Hands On’ day in Stourbridge
Come along to Stourbridge Glass Museum on Saturday 23 July 2022 for ‘Hands On’, a day of discussion and exploration of contemporary glass. Hands...
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