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National Icons – Annual Exhibition 2023

This year we are working with the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society who are celebrating their 50th Anniversary in October. Charles Rennie Mackintosh is a national icon – and we have themed this year’s exhibition around this.  Your work can be inspired by :  This list is not exhaustive… we’re sure you can come up with […]

Screen Printing with James Cockerill of HALT GLASS

Courses now FULL Pre Course Students will have two images of their own to print A5 in size and the artist will liaise with you by email beforehand and prep the screens for you to use. At the end of the course you can have the option to buy the screens with your images on […]

‘Journey’ 2021 Exhibition Online Now

Our exhibition “Journey’ is online now! 15th October to Tuesday 30th November The theme of the exhibition is still ‘Journey!’ Over the last 18 months of the Covid pandemic & subsequent lockdowns, every artist has been affected. Some of us have floundered, some have thrived. Some have been touched by the virus itself, others touched […]

‘Mapping the Future’ – Read the report

Mapping the Future: The Role of the Scottish Glass Society in Sustaining and Developing the Glass Sector in Scotland   In our 40th anniversary year, we seized the opportunity to take stock of what we had achieved; what the current needs of our members and the wider Scottish glass sector were; and what was needed to […]

SGS at GAS

The Glass Art Society is taking its 2020 conference online after cancelling the event due to be held in Sweden due to the global pandemic, and The Scottish Glass Society is delighted to be part of the virtual event. We will be hosting two sets of online talks featuring artist discussing work they exhibited at […]

HNC Art and Design Art Glass

Booking open for City of Glasgow College 2020-21 HNC Art and Design: Art Glass. The course offers the exciting challenge to explore your creativity through glass. You will use glass as a form of artistic expression in this project-based course to allow you to develop design skills and to explore a range of glass materials […]

The Tom Young Mentoring Programme

We are delighted to be working with Karen Somerville, Director of Angel’s Share on a new mentoring programme for Scottish-based members who do lamp working and want to develop their skills into a business. Karen will mentor one person between April 2020 and January 2021 meeting up to 7 times. There is a budget of […]

Talk with international Glass Artist Karl Harron – The Perfect Vessel

This interactive talk will gently lead you through Karl’s concepts and ideas associated with “Form”. Form: …by which shape is determined, as distinguished from the material of which it is composed, giving it individuality and a distinctive character. Through discussions and Q&A’s the process will be to discard the superfluous and to identify and develop […]

Masterclass with Karl Harron

In partnership with City of Glasgow College we have 8 places available for members to book on the Karl Harron masterclass. This 2.5 day masterclass provides an opportunity for the investigation into the aesthetic possibilities offered by Bullseye Reflective Glass. Interaction will be the key: discussions, Powerpoint presentations andtechnical talks will encourage and enable participants […]