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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....
Glass artists Karen Browning and Sarah Brown hold their fake food creations that they made in Osaka, Japan. Behind them is a wall of pieces of fake food in display packaging.

Collaborations | 28-12-2025

Strengthening contemporary glass links with Japan

CGS Chair Sarah Brown reviews her latest glass-focused visit to Japan – via Shanghai – a decade after her first trip in collaboration with the...
Blown glass bowls featuring knitted copper inclusions within the glass in the Del Mar series by Emmy Palmer.

| 12-12-2025

A stitch in time

Emmy Palmer found fame in the BBC tv series Make It At Market in 2021, with her trademark knitted wire work that was encased in blown and polished...

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A reddish-brown cast glass sculpture in an abstract shape by Monette Larsen.

Exhibitions | 15-01-2026

Parndon Mill Gallery Glasshaus XVIII exhibition

Jane Vincent previews a new exhibition featuring resident glassmakers and Just Glass members in Essex. As we begin another year it is such a joy to...
Detail of red pate de verre glass bowl sculpture called Crushed and Boiled.

Pate de verre | 10-01-2026

Pate de verre entry shortlisted for John Ruskin Prize

A pestle and mortar created from pate de verre glass and made by CGS member Keith Dymond has been shortlisted for the 8th John Ruskin Prize....

Exhibitions | 29-12-2025

Collect 2026 exhibition to showcase cutting-edge design

Renowned international craft and design fair Collect returns to Somerset House in London in February 2026. Featuring international galleries and arts...

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Glass vase by Richard Golding

Events | 14-04-2022

The Story of Okra and Station Glass at Isle of Wight Glass Museum

The Isle of Wight Glass Museum is hosting a glassmaking demonstration, followed by a talk from master glassmaker Richard Golding, one of the leading...
Glass art by Ulla Forsell

Competition | 12-04-2022

Coburg Prize for Contemporary Glass 2022 winners announced

The Coburg Prize for Contemporary Glass 2022 has launched, with an exhibition of European contemporary glass at the Veste Coburg Art Collections and...
Sands sculptures by Bibi Smit

Exhibitions | 12-04-2022

Seascapes in glass shown at Coburg Prize exhibition

Among the 90 glass artists chosen for the Coburg Prize for Contemporary Glass 2022 exhibition, Bibi Smit is showing her new work, ‘Sands’. The...

Exhibitions | 09-04-2022

Diverse glass techniques to be exhibited at Farnham gallery

The Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) is collaborating with Farnham’s New Ashgate Gallery to present ‘Joyful Reflections’, an exhibition...

Mixed media | 07-04-2022

Tim Tate: Time Traveller

The US artist Tim Tate says he is as at home in Greek and Roman times as he is in the present day, taking inspiration for his work from across the...

Exhibitions | 06-04-2022

Apply for two shows at Pyramid Gallery, York

The Pyramid Gallery in York will host two exhibitions of Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) members’ artwork at the same time in Autumn 2022. One...

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