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Sand-cast glass sculpture of an island floating in space with a house on the top.

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...
A mixed media sculpture by Maria Donnai called Deep Unknowns 1 - featuring a green sphere of glass held in a brownish curled ceramic with uneven edges.

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...
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....

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Inverted large yellow glass pods suspended from above which a person can put their head inside to hear recorded sounds. Installation made by Stef Veldhuis.

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...
A piece of round blown glass featuring many different colours swirling around by Tim Rawlinson.

Exhibitions | 05-02-2026

London Glassblowing presents Gather exhibition

Peter Layton’s London Glassblowing opens its 50th anniversary year celebrations with a new glass exhibition called Gather this March. The show...
A close up of a stained glass artist sitting behind a light box with glass sheets on it and stained glass panels in the background.

Training | 02-02-2026

Apply for stained glass training bursary

Heritage Crafts is offering a training bursary of up to £4,000 for new entrants and early-career craftspeople working in stained glass window making...

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Glass art by Vanessa Cutler

Waterjet technology | 26-10-2021

Where to start with waterjet technology in contemporary glass design

Find out what is involved when cutting glass with a waterjet machine.
All Saints Church Dunsden

Competition | 25-10-2021

Design a window to commemorate WWI poet Wilfred Owen

Stevens Competition invites designs for Dunsden
Glass bead detail

Glass beads | 22-10-2021

International Glass Bead Biennale 2022 – call to artists

Bead exhibition will be part of International Festival of Glass
Stourbridge Glass Museum entrance hall

Competition | 21-10-2021

CGS and Stourbridge Glass Museum offer contemporary glass commission

Apply now for this prestigious glass

Exhibitions | 20-10-2021

‘A is for Affordable Part 2’ – buy glass gifts direct from the makers

An opportunity to buy direct from glass
Glass commission by Bethan Yates for English National Opera

Commission | 19-10-2021

Richard Seager Award glass commission for Bethan Yates

Bethan Yates explains undertaking a glass commission during

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