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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Kilnworking | 07-09-2022

Ancient rings frozen in glass

US-based Jim Scheller makes glass art with an engineer’s eye, using kilnforming and coldworking to achieve his intricate pieces. Linda Banks finds...

Exhibitions | 31-08-2022

‘Holiday Heaven’ glass postcard show winners announced

The winner of the ‘Best in Show’ category in the Contemporary Glass Society’s (CGS) ‘Holiday Heaven’ exhibition at the International...

Exhibitions | 31-08-2022

Apply now for CGS ‘Glorious Glass’ exhibition, Torquay

Throughout 2022 the Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) has been marking its 25th anniversary – and the UN-designated International Year of Glass –...

Exhibitions | 30-08-2022

Chris Day’s glass sculpture unveiled at Stourbridge Glass Museum

Glass artist Chris Day’s winning artwork ‘After the Darkness, the Light’ was unveiled by auctioneer and TV personality Will Farmer, at the new...

Exhibitions | 27-08-2022

International Festival of Glass 2022 winners announced

Over £17,000-worth of awards were announced at the Private View evening at the launch of the International Festival of Glass on 25 August 2022. More...

Events | 22-08-2022

IFOG’s Korean fashion show features wearable glass

One of the evening highlights for visitors to this year’s International Festival of Glass will be a Korean themed fashion show, entitled ‘Hot...
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