Archives: Online Exhibitions

“Reverie – Glass Art Inspired by Self-Portraiture”

A self-portrait is a impression of an artist that is drawn, painted, illustrated, or sculpted by an artist. Even though self-portraits have been made since early ages, it was during the Early Renaissance in the mid-15th century that artists can be seen to be depicting themselves as either the main subject, or as central characters in their work.
Alongside that, better and cheaper mirrors, plus the advent of the panel portrait, allowed painters, sculptors and artists to explore forms of self-portraiture.

24 CGS artists help us explore the subject, and the result is a range of strong and bold expression from our member artists.

Launched on 9th March 2020

For info please contact Nicola at info@cgs.org.uk

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Welcome to the CGS Online Exhibition of Kitengela Glass in Kenya.

CGS wanted to explore and share with you, the diverse and colourful world of glass that has been created by the artists at Kitengela Glass in Kenya.

Kitengela Glass, a long time neighbour to Nairobi National Park, is described as a hidden gem. Prior to entering, a myriad of sculptures, glass art, and variety of animals will welcome you along the rough and wildly entertaining road to “Nani’s” Kitengela Glass.

Kitengela Glass was founded in 1981, by Nani Croze, and provides a lively training center for over fifty artisans receiving on-going training and/or employment in various artistic disciplines. In addition to helping individuals make a living through their artistic abilities, Nani is committed to maintaining the natural landscape by planting trees, promoting renewable energy sources, and limiting waste.
Additionally, Nani and her husband Eric are strong supporters of access to education for all individuals. This involves funding and promoting grant programs for children’s school fees, as well as providing space and guidance for adults in need of literacy training.

We hope you enjoy this exhibition. If you would like to support or contribute towards Kitengela’s educations efforts, please contact Nani at Nani@Kitengelaglass.co.ke and www.kitengelaglassart.com

Thank you to Nani and her team for sharing their work and information with us!

The Team includes:

Philipo Omuyoma – stained glass
Diamas Wanjonyi – stained glass
Veronica Wanza – stained glass
Nelly Ondongo – stained glass
Peninah Mbori – stained glass
Serah Wairimu – beads
Jane Maina is Goodness – beads
Jackson Muhanji – glass blower
John Gichuhi – glass blower
Josphat Kiniaru – painter, engraving, stained glass
Edwin Wafula dalle de verre
Katambo Ngila – dalle de verre
Charles Ndaka – metal work

For any enquiries about commissioning work, or the online show, please contact Nani above or email info@cgs.org.uk

“Only One Word Rhymes with Orange!”

Once in a while, we like to have a gallery exhibition theme that reflects the seasons, or the time of year. Now the autumnal colours are appearing, we will be launching an online glass exhibition that heralds colours or oranges and umbers.

80 selected glass artists show off a piece of work that is stunning, vibrant, muted, or faded, but one in which the colour ORANGE sings!

We also invited 2 very special international glass artists to headline this show, and we are very proud to be able to share their work with you. It is a honour to have them exhibit work in this CGS online exhibition.

Demetra Theofanous is the President of Glass Alliance of Northern California, and along with Dean Bensen they create stunning work that seemlessly fits with this show. You can see more of their work at: www.sculpturebydemetra.com and www.deanbensen.com

To buy any of their work, contact: demetraglass@comcast.net and dcbglass@gmail.com

As with all our shows, this is a juried exhibition. Thank you to all those that submitted work.

This online exhibition was launched on 8 Dec 2019.

All these wonderful pieces are for sale!

They formed the CGS Celestial Bodies Exhibition that ran alongside the IFOG in Stourbridge recently.

To buy any work or any of the pieces in this gallery, please contact Pam Reekie at admin@cgs.org.uk

We will be adding new images over the next 24 hours!

Launched Sep-Oct 2019

This gallery show highlights some of our member’s that work in Mosaic.

It was launched on 12th Aug 2019

The CGS February Open 2019

This wonderfully varied online Contemporary Glass Exhibition culminated after a call for artists to take part in an open show.

There was no specific theme for this exhibition………however, we asked that the images selected, exhibited a high quality of work, and a successful level of photography, following the CGS photography guidelines.

45 CGS glass artists were eventually selected, from a large number of entries.

It was launched on 8th March 2019.

Any questions relating to the website or the gallery please email info@cgs.org.uk

Any questions relating to your membership account, logging in and your details email admin@cgs.og.uk

“The Colour Red-An Explosion”

Glass Artists were invited to submit an image of a piece that exploried the colour red within their work.

47 were selected by our committee, from all the entries submitted.

The result was a feisty explosion of colour to end off a year of fabulous CGS shows!

This online exhibition was launched on 31st  Dec 2018.

For any questions, please email Nicola Schellander at info@cgs.org.uk

For any questions relating to membership and taking part in these shows, please email Pam Reekie at admin@cgs.org.uk

“COLLABORATE”- A combined online exhibition with NZSAG and CGS.

We are pleased to announce details of a first for New Zealand Society of Artists in Glass (NZSAG) – a juried online exhibition, to be held in conjunction with the Contemporary Glass Society’s (CGS) Members. CGS is celebrating its 20th Anniversary (in 2017) by holding a series of national and international collaborative exhibitions.

COLLABORATE THEME: Open to the artists’ interpretation of the concept of collaboration, what it means to us as individuals, as artists and as a community.

The exhibition work is open all techniques including hot glass, fused glass, stained glass, pâte de verre, engraving, jewellery, cast glass and mixed media by NZSAG members and members of CGS.

There are 11 glass artists from New Zealand. And 4 glass artists from the UK.

All the work on display is available for sale.

This online International Glass Exhibition was launched on 24th Oct 2018

We would like to say a huge thank you to NZSAG for a significant amount of time and effort in helping put this show together and help support glass artists from New Zealand.

Also thank you to artists that took the time to send in your work.

For any information relating to the exhibition, please contact:

Nicola Schellander info@cgs.org.uk UK and CGS
Kate at NZSAG

“Exploring Light and Clarity”

We invited CGS member glass artists to submit a piece of work that reflects an intuitive use or concern for light, or clarity within the glass. We were looking for work that involves light, captures light and transforms or harnesses light.

Light is the brightness that lets us see things. Light comes from sources such as the sun, moon, lamps, energy and fire.
Light is the existing agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible.
Light illuminates, refracts, dims, changes, sparkles and moves.

25 glass artists, CGS members, were selected from a number of entries.

The exhibition was launched on 30th Sept 2018

Thank you to all those that entered work and took part.

25 CGS member glass artists share work with us that explores the world of Murrini/Millefiori.

Murrine are colored patterns or images made in a glass cane that are revealed when the cane is cut into thin cross-sections. One familiar style is the flower or star shape which, when used together in large numbers from a number of different canes is called millefiori.

Murrine production first appeared in the Middle East more than 4,000 years ago and was revived by Venetian glassmakers on Murano in the early 16th century.

Once murrine have been made, they can be incorporated into a glass vessel or sculpture in several ways. A number of murrine may be scattered, and then picked up on the surface of a partially-blown glass bubble. Further blowing, heating, and shaping on the marver will incorporate the murrine completely into the bubble and then the formed.

Alternatively, the murrine can be arranged in a compact pattern and then heated in a furnace until they fuse into a single sheet. The sheet can be formed over a mold (such as a bowl shape) and further heated so that the murrine are slumped to take the form required.

Another technique using a sheet of murrine made as above is to make a small disc (collar) of molten glass on the end of a blowing iron, then roll the disc along one edge of the sheet, picking up the sheet on the blowpipe in the form of a cylinder. The end of the cylinder opposite the blowpipe can be squeezed together and sealed. With further heating, the sealed cylinder can be blown and formed into any shape a glassblower can make.

Exhibition launched on 24th July 2018