Features
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...
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...
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...
News
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...
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...
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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Exhibitions | 17-02-2022
Scottish glass artist Kate Henderson exhibits in Edinburgh
Scottish painter and glass maker Kate Henderson is presenting her first solo exhibition at Doubtfire Gallery in the Stockbridge area of Edinburgh,...
Collaborations | 15-02-2022
Amanda Moriarty Memorial Prize winner extends his glass practice
Calum Dawes was awarded the 2021 Amanda Moriarty Memorial Prize, provided each year by the Contemporary Glass Society. This time, the prize was made...
Obituary | 14-02-2022
In memory of Erwin Eisch (18 April 1927 – 25 January 2022)
Here Helmut Ricke shares his recollections of Erwin Eisch, a pioneer of the studio glass movement and founder of Bild-Werk Frauenau in Germany. It...
Exhibitions | 13-02-2022
Alison Lowry’s ‘The Bystander Effect’ exhibition in Dundalk
Glass artist Alison Lowry’s solo exhibition, ‘The Bystander Effect’, confronts the treatment of pregnant women and unmarried mothers in Ireland...
Caneworking | 11-02-2022
Master of murrine
Glass artist David Patchen uses cane and murrine to create his distinctive patterned glass work. CGS Glass Network digital’s editor, Linda Banks,...
Events | 10-02-2022
International Year of Glass 2022 launches with opening ceremony
The United Nations-designated International Year of Glass (IYOG) launched today (10 February 2022) with the official opening ceremony taking place...
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