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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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Linda Norris glass art

Exhibitions | 31-03-2022

CGS and Makers Guild in Wales launch joint exhibition ‘Flow’

Between 2 April and 29 May 2022 visitors to the Craft in the Bay gallery in Cardiff can see an exhibition of work by members of the Contemporary...

Exhibitions | 31-03-2022

Apply for CGS and Scottish Glass Society joint exhibition

As part of its series of events promoting the UN-designated International Year of Glass in 2022 and marking the Contemporary Glass Society’s (CGS)...
Waterjet cut glass buoys by Vanessa Cutler

Exhibitions | 30-03-2022

Vanessa Cutler first artist at new Stourbridge Glass Museum

Internationally renowned glass artist and scholar, Vanessa Cutler, will be the first visiting exhibitor to showcase their glass at the Stourbridge...

Exhibitions | 28-03-2022

Rising Stars exhibit with New Ashgate Gallery

Three glass artists are among 20 early-career makers showing their work with the New Ashgate Gallery in Farnham, Surrey in the annual ‘Rising...

Courses | 27-03-2022

Sign up for Masterclasses at International Festival of Glass 2022

The International Festival of Glass, which takes place from 26-29 August 2022 in Stourbridge, UK, is offering the chance to take part in several...
Rachel Elliott contemporary glass

Exhibitions | 26-03-2022

See the Joy of Glass CGS exhibition in Leeds

The Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) is working in partnership with the Craft Centre & Design Gallery, Leeds, to present a joint exhibition of...

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