Features
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....
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...
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Training | 30-01-2026
Apply for new QEST craft grants
If you are looking for funding to help with craft training, education and skills development, consider applying for a grant from the Queen Elizabeth...
Competition | 20-01-2026
Apply for Lord Mayor’s stained glass roundel competition 2026
Once again, the Reflections of The Lord Mayor Stained Glass Roundel Design Competition is inviting entries for the 2026 edition. This year marks the...
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...
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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...
Exhibitions | 08-02-2022
Sini Majuri’s Finnish ‘Home’ exhibition
Glass artist Sini Majuri is exhibiting her work at The Museum of Fine Arts Eemil in Finland. The work on display explores the theme of ‘Home’ (or...
Obituary | 31-01-2022
Remembering Erwin Eisch (1927-2022)
The Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) is sad to report that Erwin Eisch died at the end of January 2022 at the age of 94. He was a founder and pioneer...
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