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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...
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...
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....
News
News | 20-02-2026
Open letter in support of Glassworks: Sunderland
Sarah Brown, Chair of the Contemporary Glass Society (CGS), explains why CGS is supporting the new facility for glassmaking in Sunderland. You may be...
Exhibitions | 20-02-2026
Showcase rare glass skills at Endangered Crafts exhibition
A new exhibition featuring endangered glass crafts will be held at Stourbridge Glass Museum later this year (11 July-7 November 2026). Glass artists...
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...
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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...
Collaborations | 05-04-2022
NGC Glass Exchange initiative features life-sized glass betting shop
Four major glass commissions by leading contemporary artists are now open to the public at sites across the North East of England, including ‘Ghost...
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)...
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