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Noticeboards Category: Exhibitions
Launched on 7th July 2025
On 7th July, the Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) proudly presents A Sense of Place, a global celebration of glass art featuring 77 international artists. This dynamic exhibition invites you to explore how artists from around the world interpret the concept of “place”—not just as a physical location, but as a deeply personal, emotional, and cultural experience.
From cherished memories to powerful sensations, each piece reflects the diverse ways we connect with the environments around us. Whether it’s a landscape that evokes peace or a site that stirs emotion, this exhibition is a visual journey into the spaces that shape our identities.
Join us for this truly international show and discover the many ways glass can express our Sense of Place.
Meet the Makers Talk (details TBC).
SEE THE FULL SHOW HERE
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To buy any work, please contact the artists directly via their contact information – thank you.
Angela Thwaites’ ‘Fragile Worlds Sculpture in Glass’ exhibition at Chappel Galleries presents a stunning collection of glass sculptures that explore the themes of fragility, transformation, and the delicate balance between strength and vulnerability.
Among her featured works are her striking Rock Lobster pieces, including the Big Rock Lobster (£1,500), a large-scale sculpture that plays with light and form, and the smaller Mini Rock Lobster (£150), a finely detailed miniature.
Angela, with over 40 years of experience, is an internationally acclaimed artist, educator, and author. Angela graduated from the University of Sunderland in 2018, with a PhD focused on uniting digital and analogue making titled ‘Towards Making The Unmakeable: How 3D Printing Can Inform Kiln Formed Glass Practice in 21st Century.’
Drawing inspiration from Czech Cubism, Surrealism and everyday objects, her sculptures are both whimsical and profound, encouraging viewers to reconsider the significance of ordinary things. Glass, with its contradictory qualities – fragile yet strong, clear yet distorting – perfectly captures the essence of her exploration of impermanence and change.
Through her blend of ancient techniques and modern digital processes, she pushes the boundaries of the medium to create sculptures that offer new perspectives on our increasingly fragile world.
The exhibition runs from 14th June to 13th July 2025 at Chappel Galleries, 15 Colchester Road, Chappel, Essex CO6 2DE.
https://www.chappelgalleries.co.uk/chappel-galleries-contact.htm
Explore the world of eco-friendly glass art in this exhibition, co-curated by UK artists and University of Birmingham students. Greener Glass focuses on sustainable glassmaking and environmental themes, featuring works by eleven artists, including residents at Stourbridge Glass Museum.
The exhibition showcases the transformative power of recycled materials and techniques like kiln work, glass blowing, flame working, mosaic, and cast glass. All pieces by resident artists are created using 100% renewable energy at Stourbridge Glass Museum, demonstrating the potential of sustainable artistic practices.
One highlight is The Thriving Canopy by Allister Malcolm, which features a collection of air plants set within coloured vessels and stems. This vibrant, biodiverse landscape encourages viewers to embrace sustainable living.
Featured artists include: Jan O’Highway, Elena Fleury-Rojo, Ivet Bibet, Allister Malcolm, Terri Malcolm, Madeleine Hughes, Hannah Gibson, Kate Lipson, Gill Hobson, and Scarlett Leonard.
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EXHIBITION DETAILS AND LOCATION
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David Reekie – Friends IV
Life as an artist is an Odessey, a journey that starts young as a desire to draw and make things and use your imagination. It can then take you on to an exploration of new ideas and techniques. As you acquire these new skills it opens a world of art and artists, some of whom become friends.
And so, the Odessey begins, taking you on to travel to new lands meet new people and acquire more new friends. All the time you are absorbing more information and ideas to feed your imagination and to develop your work. It is a lifetime journey of discovery
Galerie Internationale Du Verre
Chemin des Combes, 06410 Biot, France
www.galerieduverre.com
tel: 04 93 65 03 00, fax.04 93 65 0056
serge@galerieduverre.com
London Glassblowing and the Contemporary Glass Society present “Mirage,” an exhibition exploring the extraordinary optical illusions possible in contemporary glass art.
View the catalogue here
70 Selected CGS members from across the UK will exhibit alongside Peter Layton, Tim Rawlinson, Layne Rowe, and Katharine Coleman MBE. This juried show celebrates how glass artists manipulate form, colour, and light to create mesmerising effects – from subtle refractions to complex reflections that transform as viewers move through the space.
“The more I see what people do with glass the more amazing I find it,” shares Will Budgett, Gallery Assistant at London Glassblowing, who initiated the theme for the exhibition. “What constantly amazes me is how glass can deceive and delight – the way it creates refractions, reflections, and illusions that draw people in as they explore the gallery. Looking beyond the surface at all of these qualities, and other illusions the glass creates is astonishing. It is always these extra tricks that constantly draw people’s eyes. Having artists specifically focus on these magical properties promises to create something truly spectacular.”
Join us in exploring glass art that challenges perception and reveals new dimensions of visual experience.
Exhibitor List
Alexander Pearce • Alison Jardine • Alison Stott • Ana Laura Quintana •Anna Alsina Bardagí • Annica Sandström & David Kaplan • Beth Colledge • Bethan Yates • Bruce Marks • Brynn Hill • Catherine Forsyth • Cathryn Shilling • Caz Hildebrand • Charlotte Wilkinson • Claire Hall • Daisy Parkinson • Deborah Timperley • Dovile Grigaliunaite • Elin Isaksson • Elizabeth Šinková • Gail Turbutt • Georgia Redpath • Graeme Hawes • Harriet Thorne • Helen Brough • Helen Carr • Helen Restorick • Helen Slater Stokes • Iain Smith • Ian Chadwick • Jade Pinnell • James Maskrey • Jane Reeves • Jane Yarnall • Jeff Zimmer • Jianyong Guo • Jiayun Ding • Jo Guile • Jo Mitchell • Jon Lewis • Joshua Kerley and Guy Marshall Brown • Julie Coakley • Katharine Coleman MBE • Katharine Dowson • Kerry Collison • Layne Rowe • Lisa Pettibone • Louise Hawkins • Malvinka Bitelli • Maria Zulueta • Mils Bridgewater • Morag Reekie • Nancy Farrington • Nancy Sutcliffe • Opal Seabrook • Philippa Beveridge • Phillipa Candy • Pratibha Mistry • Richard Roberts • Ruth Shelley • Sam Sweet • Scott Benefield • Stacey Poultney • Steve Robinson • Stevie Davies • Tim Rawlinson • Tracy Nicholls • Tulin Bedri • Verity Pulford • Vicky Higginson • Wang Ziyan
Glass Photography – Advice and tips
What is product photography and how do you do it?
We are very keen to help you learn how to polish your products and capture great photos.
Understand the big picture of glass product photos
Clear, high-quality photos are crucial for selling your work and approaching galleries.
The best glass photography set-up is a controlled environment with good lighting and a clean background. Preferably with a professional photographer.
Create high-quality images by shooting on a solid background, like white or black fabric or paper. The product needs to stand out in these photos, so by keeping the background simple and crisp will limit distractions.
Some photography guides can be found in the Members areas under RESOURCES (you will need to be a CGS member to access these):
https://cgs.org.uk/resources/?catid=274
We have also included some useful links below which should be very helpful for you.
https://www.adobe.com/uk/creativecloud/photography/discover/product-photography.html
https://blog.mzltd.com/product-photography-considerations
https://welpix.com/glass-product-photography-tips/
Over 60 artists will fill shops, cafes and churches with their work as Leigh buzzes with pop-up galleries for nine days.
8 artists are showing objects only 10x 10 cm.
📍 A summer exhibition opened on the 17th of May at the Rachel Bebb Contemporary, Broughton SO20 8AZ and runs 14 June, Fridays & Saturdays, 11 – 4 and by appointment.
📆 The exhibition continues by appointment after 14 June.
‘Listen To The Quiet’ is showing work by artists responding to conservationist Harrison Ford’s heartfelt call to protect the tapestry of life. Drawing on the vision of naturalist, biologist and entomologist E. O. Wilson, and a message co-written with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anthony Doerr, the short film highlights the vital importance of biodiversity, urging us to care for the “quiet voices…the systems that sustain life on Earth.”
The showcased works include sculpture, ceramics, original prints, engraved glass, letter carving, woodcuts and wood engravings, framed textiles, photography and drawings.
CGS maker Roberta Mason of Pembrokeshire, is one of the artists taking part.
Visit the noticeboard link in bio to find out more! https://www.rachelbebbcontemporary.com/post/summer-exhibition-2025-listen-to-the-quiet