Overhead view of detailed stained glass window design of a mermaid with flowing hair and painted details.

09-11-2026

Beyond the bloom

Three vertical stretched glass sculptures in clear and brown glass by Sean Barnes.

26-10-2026

CGS and Glass Sellers’ Charity Graduate Prize winners announced

About 16 clear glass rectangles and squares suggestive of a cityscape, called Ghost Town and made by Cathryn Shilling.

23-10-2026

Apply for Women in Glass exhibition at London Glassblowing

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.

22-10-2026

CGS 2026 Amanda Moriarty Prize winner announced

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

21-10-2026

Council agrees Article 4 Direction for National Glass Centre

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Overhead view of detailed stained glass window design of a mermaid with flowing hair and painted details.

Stained glass | 09-11-2026

Beyond the bloom

Emily Smale describes how a BBC tv programme transformed her from a stained-glass flower maker into a businesswoman with a significant project. Back...
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...

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Three vertical stretched glass sculptures in clear and brown glass by Sean Barnes.

News | 26-10-2026

CGS and Glass Sellers’ Charity Graduate Prize winners announced

The Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) is delighted to announce the winners of the 2026 Glass Sellers’ Graduate Prize. This prestigious competition...
About 16 clear glass rectangles and squares suggestive of a cityscape, called Ghost Town and made by Cathryn Shilling.

Exhibitions | 23-10-2026

Apply for Women in Glass exhibition at London Glassblowing

London Glassblowing invites applications from UK-based women working in glass to take part in ‘Women in Glass’, a group exhibition opening in...
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...

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Exhibitions | 18-12-2022

Enchanted Garden seeks artworks for tenth anniversary exhibition

The Enchanted Garden in Belgium is celebrating its tenth anniversary in Summer 2023, and will host an international exhibition of artworks in a...

glass painting | 05-12-2022

Taking glass design into the third dimension

Wilfried Grootens broke away from his traditional training in glass painting and developed a layered approach to build 3D contemporary glass forms....

Exhibitions | 30-11-2022

CGS Glorious Glass exhibition in Torquay

As most readers are aware, 2022 has been a momentous year for glass, being both the UN-designated International Year of Glass and the Contemporary...

Exhibitions | 29-11-2022

Painting with Light stained glass exhibition

An exhibition showcasing the process of creating stained glass panels is on in Berkshire at South Hill Park Arts Centre. ‘Painting with Light’...

News | 29-11-2022

Listen to Talking Out Your Glass podcast

As Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) members know, one of many perks of membership is the regular chance to hear glass artists talking about their...

Auction | 28-11-2022

Something Old for Something New auction raises over £1k

A few months ago the British Glass Foundation (BGF), which spearheaded the development of the new Stourbridge Glass Museum (SGM) that opened in April...
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