Current Exhibition

CGS Online Exhibition – Sign of the Times

Current Exhibition

CGS Online Exhibition – Sign of the Times

Sign of the Times

Makers online Talk- TBC
End – 12th October

Sign of the Times will examine the presence of text, signage, and visual language in contemporary glass art. The exhibition aims to brings together works that reference modern society—its advertising, public spaces, digital culture, and shared symbols—while also acknowledging glass’s long history as a carrier of messages. Using a wide range of glass techniques and approaches, we hope to show works using text, signs and objects that invite reflection on communication, identity, and the social, cultural, and political markers of our time.

Launched on:10th August 2026



Solo Cup and Heart Emoji
Hybridity. Do not ask
LIAR
I.C.E Vase
Not Now. Too Late.
Seven Cards of the Seven Deadly Sins
Love Drug
We Don't All Fit the Mould
Peace
St Peter's Chapterhouse Windows, Sunderland
Secrets I
To be Human is to Migrate
The Age of Invisibility
Conversation with my boyfriend
The Time is Now, London Edition
A House Divided...
SUBURBIA 2013

Artist:Lauren Sturgis Rife

Email:loz113@hotmail.com

Title:Solo Cup and Heart Emoji

Description: For Solo Cup and Heart Emoji, I have used the pâte de verre process with sculpting glass because of its ability to take on a life of its own. The heart emoji, symbolising love while questioning whether care and connection are becoming harder to find. The melting plastic cup represents our throwaway culture, transforming a disposable object into a lasting reminder of environmental neglect.

Contact: 07711741594

Details: Pate de verre sculpting glass

Price: £50

Photo Credit: Lauren Sturgis Rife

Dimension: 17 x 25 cm

Shop: https://laurenmakingstuff.co.uk/

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Hassina Khan

Email:hello@hassinakhanglass.com

Title:Hybridity. Do not ask

Description: 'Hybridity. Do not ask' is a wall-mounted glass poem in Urdu English, currently exhibited in Sunderland Museum. It explores themes of identity by focussing on the sense of being made to feel 'other' by the majority, speaking not just to race but to many other minority groups within society. It challenges the viewer to reflect on their experiences of being othered or of othering someone else.

Contact: Hassina Khan

Details: Handcut glass. Fused and slumped.

Price: NFS

Photo Credit: Colin Davidson

Dimension: 70cm h x 400cm w x 15cm d

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:C. A. Merriman

Email:camerriman@gmail.com

Title:LIAR

Description: LIAR was begun eight days after the 2017 inauguration. Kiln-formed in black glass with raised red text, portrait imagery, and a gilded reverse, the piece turns accusation into object. It was not hindsight or prophecy, but a statement of fact based on what was already visible. The word is fused into glass, making it physically fixed.

Contact: craig merriman

Details: Kiln formed glass

Price: nfs

Photo Credit: C. A. Merriman

Dimension: 123mm x 97mm x 9mm

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Caroline Reed

Email:caroline@caroline-reed.co.uk

Title:I.C.E Vase

Description: Created for the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence. Inspired by Jasper John's 'Flag' this vase is a metaphor for the current state of the US. Each stripe has been replaced with an 'Abecedarium (A-Z) of words that have been used negatively to describe the current leadership (or lack of). Even with the gilded interior I doubt this will be given pride of place in the Oval Office!

Contact: Caroline Reed

Details: Pate de Verre, decals and gold leaf interior

Price: NFS

Photo Credit: Roy Reed

Dimension: 23cm high x 10cm diameter

Shop: https://caroline-reed.co.uk/

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Gary Fovargue

Email:gary.fovargue@cloud9uk.net

Title:Not Now. Too Late.

Description: Save Bees. Save The World. Seen 1.47pm, 3 Aug 2026

Contact: Gary.fovargue@cloud9uk.net

Details: Screen print enamels on Float glass in freestanding oak frame, 260mm x 365mm

Price: £350

Photo Credit: Gary Fovargue

Dimension: 160mm w x 365mm h

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Maria Dov

Email:Maridov992@gmail.com

Title:Seven Cards of the Seven Deadly Sins

Description: Seven Cards of seven Deadly sins: wrath, envy, greed, gluttony, sloth, lust and pride. Each card depicts a sin. I chose to depict metaphors, proverbs and folk tales expressing wisdom and morality in our age. I was looking for synonyms and analogies, the flow of images that are created in our imagination. I explored how my field of practice – glass – relates to dreams, identities, and awareness

Contact: @mari.dov.glass

Details: Fused glass, decals and hand painting.

Price: 10,000$

Photo Credit: Andrew Malakhovskyy

Dimension: H0.5cmxL16cmxW9cm

Shop: www.maridov.com

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Katherine Huskie

Email:katherine.huskie@yahoo.co.uk

Title:Love Drug

Description: Your love is my drug transforms the everyday known shape of a pill into a glowing symbol of emotional dependancy and desire. The glowing red neon blurs the line between romance and addiction, with the scattering of hearts and pills reinforcing this tension. The work shows how love can function as a remedy and obsession.

Contact: Katherine Huskie

Details: Neon Glass, Wood, Acrylic, Glitter Pills

Price: £1500

Photo Credit: Katherine Huskie

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:April HillingRoss

Email:cougz@live.co.uk

Title:We Don't All Fit the Mould

Description: This piece is a reflection on the female form and embodiment (the visual expectations that) we are subjected to visually every day.
These expectations are thrust upon us online and in the media and are unrealistic and unobtainable to many, so this piece questions the internal and external pressure felt in relation to our bodies and where these insecurities and the need to conform come from.

Contact: April HillingRoss

Details: Kiln cast, enamel painted glass on aluminium print board

Price: POA

Photo Credit: April HillingRoss

Dimension: 1m x 1m x 18cmD

Shop: www.cougarglass.com

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Maria Torrendell

Email:mar16mag16@hotmail.com

Title:Peace

Contact: +59899207076

Details: Cut and glued glass

Price: not for sale

Photo Credit: Maria Torrendell

Dimension: 23 x 36 x 5 cm

Shop: https://www.instagram.com/mariatorrendell/

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Rachel Welford & Adrian Riley

Email:rachel@rachelwelford.co.uk

Title:St Peter's Chapterhouse Windows, Sunderland

Description: The windows are inspired by the treatise ‘A Reckoning of Time’ written in 725AD by the venerable Bede who grew up in the monastery at St Peters. The 12 windows are formed from 72 panels and express observations about the passage of time found in Bede’s writing. Text is from the old and new testaments relating to nature and the seasons and was chosen by the congregation.

Contact: Rachel Welford

Details: Fused glass, screen-print and mirror

Price: NFS

Photo Credit: Rachel Welford

Dimension: each panel is 53cm x 53cm

Shop: https://www.rachelwelford.co.uk/public-spaces/st-peters and http://www.electricangel.co.uk/st-peters-chapterhouse/

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Tali Grinshpan

Email:taligd@gmail.com

Title:Secrets I

Description: Inspired by the Dead Sea Scrolls that I saw as a child, I remember how amazed I was by the fact that I could read and understand these writings from thousands of years ago.

Contact: Tali Grinshpan

Details: Glass, gold leaf

Price: 1500USD

Photo Credit: Keay Edwards

Dimension: 5 x 20 x 15 cm

Shop: https://www.taligrinshpan.com

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Sue Burne

Email:sueburneart@gmail.com

Title:To be Human is to Migrate

Description: An unknown person is behind a barbed wire fence. He shares his DNA with us all but longs to be free. Humans have always travelled the world seeking sanctuary and a new life. Some of my own ancestors were Huguenots who fled to Somerset and others were Protestants who sought sanctuary in Antwerp during the reign of Queen Mary I. We are all the descendants of migrants.

Contact: Sue Burne

Details: Drill engraved circular disc

Price: £250

Photo Credit: Sue Burne

Dimension: Height &width 20cm, Depth 6cm

Shop: https https://www.facebook.com/sueglassengraving/

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Annie Flora James

Email:Annie@annieflorajames.co.uk

Title:The Age of Invisibility

Description: The Age of Invisibility combines sandblasted glass, mirror and self-portrait to explore being unseen with age. As the viewer steps back, the interaction of the sandblasted glass and mirrored surface brings the portrait into focus, revealing what is obscured. The cut-out question, “Emerging artist… at your age?”, challenges the ageist assumptions that shape perceptions of potential and visibi

Contact: Annie@annieflorajames.co.uk

Details: Sandblasted Float Glass, Mirror, Acetate

Price: £300

Photo Credit: Artist

Dimension: 30x40x20cm

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Joseph Cavalieri

Email:cavaglass@gmail.com

Title:Conversation with my boyfriend

Description: Hand painted text on glass from a conversation with my boyfriend.

Contact: joseph s cavalieri

Details: --

Price: nfs

Photo Credit: cavaglass.org

Dimension: 23 x 40

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Opal Seabrook

Email:opal.seabrook@icloud.com

Title:The Time is Now, London Edition

Description: This time feels explosive. I have been confronted and challenged by local and global situations which feel like a melting pot, surpassing the limits of what we believe is acceptable. I have stopped, taken a longer look around, becoming clearer on how I can make a difference, both as an individual and as an artist. There is so much unjustness in the world today that I want to challenge and oppose

Contact: Opal Seabrook

Details: Multiple layers of hand cut, sprayed, hand painted, kiln-formed glass

Price: £4500

Photo Credit: Opal Seabrook

Dimension: 35cm x 105cm x 8cm

Shop: www.opalseabrookglass.com

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Suzanne Guimond Wilson

Email:suzanneguimondwilson@gmail.com

Title:A House Divided...

Description: This stained-glass sculpture is a silent, yet eloquent protest of the current US administration. Set against a completely broken background, stripes disintegrate into tatters as once bright stars darken and fall from their crumbling blue field. The title refers to Abraham Lincoln's famous quote that "a house divided against itself, cannot stand."

Contact: Suzanne G. Wilson

Details: Stained glass with intricate wire work

Price: NFS

Photo Credit: George R. Wilson

Dimension: H 61 cm W71 cm D 10 cm

Shop: https://sgwglassart.com

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Samantha Schmid

Email:samanthaschmid@free.fr

Title:SUBURBIA 2013

Description: Suburbs and their immense low-cost housing blocks are often drab and dull - but tags enliven them with color and spirit - this one expresses the general feeling of despair as it says "Droit dans le mur" (straight into the wall)

Contact: Samantha Schmid

Details: Original glass sculpture - 6 mm clear float glass - cut, polished, sandblasted, colored, bonded

Price: 1800 Euros

Photo Credit: Fred Fouché

Dimension: 32 x 27 x 32 cm - weight 16 kg

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE
Solo Cup and Heart Emoji
Hybridity. Do not ask
LIAR
I.C.E Vase
Not Now. Too Late.
Seven Cards of the Seven Deadly Sins
Love Drug
We Don't All Fit the Mould
Peace
St Peter's Chapterhouse Windows, Sunderland
Secrets I
To be Human is to Migrate
The Age of Invisibility
Conversation with my boyfriend
The Time is Now, London Edition
A House Divided...
SUBURBIA 2013

Artist:Lauren Sturgis Rife

Email:loz113@hotmail.com

Title:Solo Cup and Heart Emoji

Description: For Solo Cup and Heart Emoji, I have used the pâte de verre process with sculpting glass because of its ability to take on a life of its own. The heart emoji, symbolising love while questioning whether care and connection are becoming harder to find. The melting plastic cup represents our throwaway culture, transforming a disposable object into a lasting reminder of environmental neglect.

Contact: 07711741594

Details: Pate de verre sculpting glass

Price: £50

Photo Credit: Lauren Sturgis Rife

Dimension: 17 x 25 cm

Shop: https://laurenmakingstuff.co.uk/

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Hassina Khan

Email:hello@hassinakhanglass.com

Title:Hybridity. Do not ask

Description: 'Hybridity. Do not ask' is a wall-mounted glass poem in Urdu English, currently exhibited in Sunderland Museum. It explores themes of identity by focussing on the sense of being made to feel 'other' by the majority, speaking not just to race but to many other minority groups within society. It challenges the viewer to reflect on their experiences of being othered or of othering someone else.

Contact: Hassina Khan

Details: Handcut glass. Fused and slumped.

Price: NFS

Photo Credit: Colin Davidson

Dimension: 70cm h x 400cm w x 15cm d

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:C. A. Merriman

Email:camerriman@gmail.com

Title:LIAR

Description: LIAR was begun eight days after the 2017 inauguration. Kiln-formed in black glass with raised red text, portrait imagery, and a gilded reverse, the piece turns accusation into object. It was not hindsight or prophecy, but a statement of fact based on what was already visible. The word is fused into glass, making it physically fixed.

Contact: craig merriman

Details: Kiln formed glass

Price: nfs

Photo Credit: C. A. Merriman

Dimension: 123mm x 97mm x 9mm

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Caroline Reed

Email:caroline@caroline-reed.co.uk

Title:I.C.E Vase

Description: Created for the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence. Inspired by Jasper John's 'Flag' this vase is a metaphor for the current state of the US. Each stripe has been replaced with an 'Abecedarium (A-Z) of words that have been used negatively to describe the current leadership (or lack of). Even with the gilded interior I doubt this will be given pride of place in the Oval Office!

Contact: Caroline Reed

Details: Pate de Verre, decals and gold leaf interior

Price: NFS

Photo Credit: Roy Reed

Dimension: 23cm high x 10cm diameter

Shop: https://caroline-reed.co.uk/

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Gary Fovargue

Email:gary.fovargue@cloud9uk.net

Title:Not Now. Too Late.

Description: Save Bees. Save The World. Seen 1.47pm, 3 Aug 2026

Contact: Gary.fovargue@cloud9uk.net

Details: Screen print enamels on Float glass in freestanding oak frame, 260mm x 365mm

Price: £350

Photo Credit: Gary Fovargue

Dimension: 160mm w x 365mm h

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Maria Dov

Email:Maridov992@gmail.com

Title:Seven Cards of the Seven Deadly Sins

Description: Seven Cards of seven Deadly sins: wrath, envy, greed, gluttony, sloth, lust and pride. Each card depicts a sin. I chose to depict metaphors, proverbs and folk tales expressing wisdom and morality in our age. I was looking for synonyms and analogies, the flow of images that are created in our imagination. I explored how my field of practice – glass – relates to dreams, identities, and awareness

Contact: @mari.dov.glass

Details: Fused glass, decals and hand painting.

Price: 10,000$

Photo Credit: Andrew Malakhovskyy

Dimension: H0.5cmxL16cmxW9cm

Shop: www.maridov.com

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Katherine Huskie

Email:katherine.huskie@yahoo.co.uk

Title:Love Drug

Description: Your love is my drug transforms the everyday known shape of a pill into a glowing symbol of emotional dependancy and desire. The glowing red neon blurs the line between romance and addiction, with the scattering of hearts and pills reinforcing this tension. The work shows how love can function as a remedy and obsession.

Contact: Katherine Huskie

Details: Neon Glass, Wood, Acrylic, Glitter Pills

Price: £1500

Photo Credit: Katherine Huskie

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:April HillingRoss

Email:cougz@live.co.uk

Title:We Don't All Fit the Mould

Description: This piece is a reflection on the female form and embodiment (the visual expectations that) we are subjected to visually every day.
These expectations are thrust upon us online and in the media and are unrealistic and unobtainable to many, so this piece questions the internal and external pressure felt in relation to our bodies and where these insecurities and the need to conform come from.

Contact: April HillingRoss

Details: Kiln cast, enamel painted glass on aluminium print board

Price: POA

Photo Credit: April HillingRoss

Dimension: 1m x 1m x 18cmD

Shop: www.cougarglass.com

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Maria Torrendell

Email:mar16mag16@hotmail.com

Title:Peace

Contact: +59899207076

Details: Cut and glued glass

Price: not for sale

Photo Credit: Maria Torrendell

Dimension: 23 x 36 x 5 cm

Shop: https://www.instagram.com/mariatorrendell/

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Rachel Welford & Adrian Riley

Email:rachel@rachelwelford.co.uk

Title:St Peter's Chapterhouse Windows, Sunderland

Description: The windows are inspired by the treatise ‘A Reckoning of Time’ written in 725AD by the venerable Bede who grew up in the monastery at St Peters. The 12 windows are formed from 72 panels and express observations about the passage of time found in Bede’s writing. Text is from the old and new testaments relating to nature and the seasons and was chosen by the congregation.

Contact: Rachel Welford

Details: Fused glass, screen-print and mirror

Price: NFS

Photo Credit: Rachel Welford

Dimension: each panel is 53cm x 53cm

Shop: https://www.rachelwelford.co.uk/public-spaces/st-peters and http://www.electricangel.co.uk/st-peters-chapterhouse/

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Tali Grinshpan

Email:taligd@gmail.com

Title:Secrets I

Description: Inspired by the Dead Sea Scrolls that I saw as a child, I remember how amazed I was by the fact that I could read and understand these writings from thousands of years ago.

Contact: Tali Grinshpan

Details: Glass, gold leaf

Price: 1500USD

Photo Credit: Keay Edwards

Dimension: 5 x 20 x 15 cm

Shop: https://www.taligrinshpan.com

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Sue Burne

Email:sueburneart@gmail.com

Title:To be Human is to Migrate

Description: An unknown person is behind a barbed wire fence. He shares his DNA with us all but longs to be free. Humans have always travelled the world seeking sanctuary and a new life. Some of my own ancestors were Huguenots who fled to Somerset and others were Protestants who sought sanctuary in Antwerp during the reign of Queen Mary I. We are all the descendants of migrants.

Contact: Sue Burne

Details: Drill engraved circular disc

Price: £250

Photo Credit: Sue Burne

Dimension: Height &width 20cm, Depth 6cm

Shop: https https://www.facebook.com/sueglassengraving/

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Annie Flora James

Email:Annie@annieflorajames.co.uk

Title:The Age of Invisibility

Description: The Age of Invisibility combines sandblasted glass, mirror and self-portrait to explore being unseen with age. As the viewer steps back, the interaction of the sandblasted glass and mirrored surface brings the portrait into focus, revealing what is obscured. The cut-out question, “Emerging artist… at your age?”, challenges the ageist assumptions that shape perceptions of potential and visibi

Contact: Annie@annieflorajames.co.uk

Details: Sandblasted Float Glass, Mirror, Acetate

Price: £300

Photo Credit: Artist

Dimension: 30x40x20cm

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Joseph Cavalieri

Email:cavaglass@gmail.com

Title:Conversation with my boyfriend

Description: Hand painted text on glass from a conversation with my boyfriend.

Contact: joseph s cavalieri

Details: --

Price: nfs

Photo Credit: cavaglass.org

Dimension: 23 x 40

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Opal Seabrook

Email:opal.seabrook@icloud.com

Title:The Time is Now, London Edition

Description: This time feels explosive. I have been confronted and challenged by local and global situations which feel like a melting pot, surpassing the limits of what we believe is acceptable. I have stopped, taken a longer look around, becoming clearer on how I can make a difference, both as an individual and as an artist. There is so much unjustness in the world today that I want to challenge and oppose

Contact: Opal Seabrook

Details: Multiple layers of hand cut, sprayed, hand painted, kiln-formed glass

Price: £4500

Photo Credit: Opal Seabrook

Dimension: 35cm x 105cm x 8cm

Shop: www.opalseabrookglass.com

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Suzanne Guimond Wilson

Email:suzanneguimondwilson@gmail.com

Title:A House Divided...

Description: This stained-glass sculpture is a silent, yet eloquent protest of the current US administration. Set against a completely broken background, stripes disintegrate into tatters as once bright stars darken and fall from their crumbling blue field. The title refers to Abraham Lincoln's famous quote that "a house divided against itself, cannot stand."

Contact: Suzanne G. Wilson

Details: Stained glass with intricate wire work

Price: NFS

Photo Credit: George R. Wilson

Dimension: H 61 cm W71 cm D 10 cm

Shop: https://sgwglassart.com

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

Artist:Samantha Schmid

Email:samanthaschmid@free.fr

Title:SUBURBIA 2013

Description: Suburbs and their immense low-cost housing blocks are often drab and dull - but tags enliven them with color and spirit - this one expresses the general feeling of despair as it says "Droit dans le mur" (straight into the wall)

Contact: Samantha Schmid

Details: Original glass sculpture - 6 mm clear float glass - cut, polished, sandblasted, colored, bonded

Price: 1800 Euros

Photo Credit: Fred Fouché

Dimension: 32 x 27 x 32 cm - weight 16 kg

TAKE PART IN NEXT EXHIBITION HERE

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