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Sand-cast glass sculpture of an island floating in space with a house on the top.

Cast glass | 09-02-2026

Playing with sand like a child

Jan Hooghiemstra’s glass work presents a dreamlike world of symbolic images created in sand moulds. Here he outlines his inspirations and showcases...
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....

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Inverted large yellow glass pods suspended from above which a person can put their head inside to hear recorded sounds. Installation made by Stef Veldhuis.

Exhibitions | 15-02-2026

Dutch Glass Biennale returns to Amersfoort

After the success of its first edition in 2024, The Dutch Glass Biennale, ‘Living the Glass Age’, returns to Eemklooster (a former monastery) in...
A piece of round blown glass featuring many different colours swirling around by Tim Rawlinson.

Exhibitions | 05-02-2026

London Glassblowing presents Gather exhibition

Peter Layton’s London Glassblowing opens its 50th anniversary year celebrations with a new glass exhibition called Gather this March. The show...
A close up of a stained glass artist sitting behind a light box with glass sheets on it and stained glass panels in the background.

Training | 02-02-2026

Apply for stained glass training bursary

Heritage Crafts is offering a training bursary of up to £4,000 for new entrants and early-career craftspeople working in stained glass window making...

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Queen's garden at Tower of London

Exhibitions | 19-05-2022

Contemporary glass part of ‘Superbloom’ at Tower of London for Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

A display of flowers has been planted to fill the moat at the iconic Tower of London as part of ‘Superbloom’, one of the celebrations marking the...

Exhibitions | 18-05-2022

Focus on Norwegian glass in S12 exhibition

Marking the UN International Year of Glass, Norway’s S12 gallery is presenting an exhibition of Norwegian glass art and different media by 10...

News | 14-05-2022

Invitation to submit glass articles for Arts journal

Glass artists and researchers are invited to submit content to a special issue of the MDPI open access publication, Arts, entitled ‘Art Glass...

Stained glass | 12-05-2022

‘Kicking Glass’ book teaches copper foil technique

If you are interested in learning the traditional copper foil technique for stained glass, glass artist Neile Cooper has written a new book to guide...

Graal technique | 06-05-2022

Capturing life’s experiences in contemporary glass

Vic Bamforth’s glass has an instantly recognisable, often humorous, painterly style, which he combines with his own version of the specialist Graal...
Glass installation Amphore Metaphore

Exhibitions | 04-05-2022

Baldwin and Guggisberg exhibition marks reopening of Conches glass museum

Musée du Verre de Conches in France is marking its reopening with a new solo exhibition by the glass artists Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg...

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