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Four uneven shaped, rounded glass pods in different colours with etched designs cut into the surface to reveal clear glass below.

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...
An aqua blue bowl decorated with birds and leaves created through sandblasting the surface of the glass.

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...
Detail of 'Fragment Dresser' glass and light installation showing close-up of flat clear glass etched cups, jug, plate etc.

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...

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Images of 4 glass artists at work and examples of their work shown below. Artists are Jeff Zimmer, Karen Browning, James Maskrey and Moonju Suh.

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...
Five pieces of abstract glass sculpture forming Morphology Collection made from ribbon-like distorted circles of white glass with aqua linings and small frosted balls of glass with each one.

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...
Image of glass vessel made by Dale Chihuly on the left with emerald green interior, wavy rim in yellow and orange and contrasting dark outside with busy patterns and mark making. It is called Black Pine Soft Cylinder with Cadmium Orange Lip Wrap. On the right an image of an amber colour cast glass sculpture featuring angles and a circular structure by Konstantin Valchev called Illusion.

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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Cast glass fish sculpture standing on a table

Cast glass | 21-02-2025

Glass artist interview with Gail Turbutt

Six years of development have resulted in Gail Turbutt’s unique kiln sandcasting method of creating glass sculptures, in a practice that aims to be...
Cast glass by Purnima Patel, called Dyad.

Exhibitions | 17-02-2025

Just Glass exhibition at London gallery

Over 50 established and emerging glass artists will be exhibiting their contemporary glass art as part of the ‘Just Glass’ show at the Morley...
Katharine Dowson sitting in front of glass head installation she made at the Science Museum.

Exhibitions | 07-02-2025

Sculpted glass heads mark World Cancer Day

‘Silent Stories’, a powerful sculptural artwork that explores the profound emotional experience of living with cancer, from diagnosis to...
Mixed media sculpture using pate de verre glass and textiles

Pate de verre | 06-02-2025

Artist interview with Chimene Taylor

Orkney-based Chimene Taylor weaves together her skills with textiles and pate de verre to create sculptures and wall art inspired by her island...
Pyramid Gallery owner Terry Brett with art glass by Bruce Marks

Exhibitions | 04-02-2025

Pyramid Gallery celebrates 30 years with Artglass exhibition

Marking an impressive 30 years of selling studio glass, Pyramid Gallery in York will showcase the work of 25 invited glass artists who have helped...
Sunderland Culture CEO Nick Malyan and Rachel Smith, Director, National Glass Centre, in front of a glassblowing furnace

News | 27-01-2025

New Glassworks: Sunderland venture secures £5m grant

Sunderland Culture has been awarded a £5m grant by the Department for Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) to develop Glassworks: Sunderland, described...

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