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Four uneven shaped, rounded glass pods in different colours with etched designs cut into the surface to reveal clear glass below.

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...
An aqua blue bowl decorated with birds and leaves created through sandblasting the surface of the glass.

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...
Detail of 'Fragment Dresser' glass and light installation showing close-up of flat clear glass etched cups, jug, plate etc.

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...

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Five pieces of abstract glass sculpture forming Morphology Collection made from ribbon-like distorted circles of white glass with aqua linings and small frosted balls of glass with each one.

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...
Image of glass vessel made by Dale Chihuly on the left with emerald green interior, wavy rim in yellow and orange and contrasting dark outside with busy patterns and mark making. It is called Black Pine Soft Cylinder with Cadmium Orange Lip Wrap. On the right an image of an amber colour cast glass sculpture featuring angles and a circular structure by Konstantin Valchev called Illusion.

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...
A selection of craft items on a table made in a variety of materials that were all finalists in the Loewe Craft Prize 2025. View includes a glass vessel by Scott Chaseling.

Competition | 28-08-2025

Apply for Loewe Craft Prize 2026

Launched in 2016, the Loewe Foundation’s Craft Prize is a prestigious international event celebrating the best in modern craft across a range of...

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Glass art by Laura Quinn

Exhibitions | 13-01-2025

Book tickets for Collect 2025

Collect – the craft arena’s leading annual international exhibition – takes place from 28 February to 2 March 2025 at Somerset House in London....
Sibylle Peretti's After the Flood before the Storm wall panel, kiln-formed glass, engraved, silvered, painted, paper, print

Mixed media | 08-01-2025

Glass artist interview with Sibylle Peretti

Sibylle Peretti brings a sense of magic and myth to her mixed media pieces that combine a variety of glass and draughtsmanship skills. Linda Banks...
Hand cutting a piece of stained glass on a light box

Training | 06-01-2025

Apply for QEST training grants of up to £18k

In its role of sustaining vital skills in traditional and contemporary crafts, twice a year the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) offers three...
Graham Knowles with glass vase at Stourbridge Glass Museum

News | 03-01-2025

Graham Knowles awarded MBE

Chairman of the British Glass Foundation Graham Knowles has been recognised in the King’s 2025 New Year’s Honours List with an MBE for services...
Rotating glass pentagons made by Jessie Lee

Cast glass | 23-12-2024

Creating something from nothing

Glass artist Jessie Lee explains how she chose glass as her preferred medium in her quest to represent ‘nothing’ through her art. She specialises...
Susan Purser Hope with her gift of a stained glass panel featuring a circus theme

News | 22-12-2024

Outgoing CGS Chair Sue receives her gift

As many of you know, the Contemporary Glass Society’s (CGS) charismatic Chair, Susan Purser Hope, has stepped down from the role after seven years...

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