23-12-2024
Creating something from nothing
22-12-2024
Outgoing CGS Chair Sue receives her gift
20-12-2024
New EU GPSR regulation
Features
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...
Flameworking | 08-12-2024
Creature comforts: Interview with Lea Lenhart
Lea Lenhart has developed her childhood love of glass beads into a glass practice that celebrates nature and beauty through flameworked glass...
Fused glass | 23-11-2024
Under the microscope: interview with Rachael Durkan
Rachael Durkan has a fascination with the intricate patterns of nature at a cellular level. Through careful, kiln-formed glass fusing, she captures...
News
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...
News | 21-12-2024
Heritage Crafts awards for contemporary glass workers
Heritage Crafts has awarded training bursaries to two contemporary glass workers to enable them to learn heritage craft skills. Glass flameworker...
Business | 20-12-2024
New EU GPSR regulation
On 13 December 2024, the European Union (EU) introduced a new set of safety regulations, which affect people selling consumer products to the EU and...
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Commissioning | 24-12-2020
Sparkling glass winners of concert presentation piece commission
Allister Malcolm and Nancy Sutcliffe won commissions to create glass thank you gifts for participants in a charity carol concert in December
News | 23-12-2020
Dual artist in residence opportunity for Scottish Highlands and Berlin artists
Applications are invited from artists based in the Highlands & Islands of Scotland and Berlin, Germany, to take part in a dual artist in residence...
Marketing | 18-12-2020
How to get more sales in 2021
You have designed and created your unique artworks, but where are the buyers? An optimised website with great content can bring them straight to...
News | 16-12-2020
Expand your glass skills with QEST funding
Improve your glass ability with a course, vocational training or one-to-one mentorship with a master craftsperson with help from a QEST
Exhibitions | 07-12-2020
CGS glass artists showcase at prestigious Biscuit Factory gallery
CGS glass artist members have the opportunity to submit applications for ‘The Best of the Best – a Selected Show’ at the Biscuit Factory...
Cast glass | 07-12-2020
Glass characters share important recycling message
Hannah Gibson is known for her iconic cast glass figures, called Sweet Nothings, which she uses to start conversations about recycling and...