Peter Selects: Glass Art Society (GAS) Members' Showcase

13 November - 6 December

An International Showcase

Emerging Order by Molly Liu

Since its inception, the British Glass Biennale has stood as the definitive survey of contemporary glass in the UK, a juried celebration of the artists shaping the future of the medium.

In 2026 the Biennale entered a new chapter under the aegis of the Glass Art Society, and will travel to the North West of England for the first time as the flagship exhibition of the International Festival of Glass in St Helens, a town whose glassmaking heritage spans more than two centuries. Alongside it, the festival hosts a new addition this year: the Glass Art Society's Members' Showcase, drawing work from across the Society's international membership.

Carabus Intricatus by Kt Yun

Fifty years ago, our founder, Peter Layton, established one of Europe's earliest hot glass studios, London Glassblowing, helping to ignite the studio glass movement in Britain. To mark the anniversary he was invited to cast his eye over the Members' Showcase and choose work by fifteen artists to bring to our Bermondsey Street gallery.

Peter Selects is neither a survey nor a 'best of'. It is one maker's personal response to the work of his peers: pieces that have caught his eye, stirred his curiosity, or reminded him why, after five decades, glass can still surprise him. With artists from Brazil, Canada, France, Japan, Norway, Uruguay, the US and the UK, it is also a rare chance to see work from across the international glass community at Bermondsey Street.

Greenhouse Plants by Yanjie Gao

Exhibiting artists

Alison Stott (UK)
Carol Milne (US)
Cheryl Wilson-Smith (Canada)
Cristine Baena (Brazil)
Grisel Pereyra (Uruguay)
Heike Brachlow (UK)
Helen Grierson (UK)
Jean Thebault (France)
Jeanne-Sophie Aas (Norway)
KT Yun (UK)
Miles van Rensselaer (US)
Natsuki Katsukawa (Japan)
Opal Seabrook (UK)
Yanjie Gao (UK)
Yuanyang Liu (Japan)

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Our Stories

Women in Glass - Exhibition Open Call

Women in Glass - Exhibition Open Call

London Glassblowing invites applications from UK-based women working in glass to take part in Women in Glass, a group exhibition opening in September 2027 to coincide with the studio's celebration of Peter Layton's ninetieth birthday. We are pleased to welcome back Cathryn Shilling, London Glassblowing's gallery curator from 2010 to 2019, who returns as guest curator for this special exhibition.

A Bermondsey Street Collaboration

A Bermondsey Street Collaboration

Renowned glass artist and founder of London Glassblowing, Peter Layton, has collaborated with old friend and celebrity chef, José Pizarro, to create 30 limited-edition platters, launching on 12 October, to celebrate the 15th anniversary of José Pizarro on Bermondsey Street and the 50th anniversary of London Glassblowing.

The Alchemist at Work: An Interview with Peter Layton

The Alchemist at Work: An Interview with Peter Layton

For Peter Layton's solo exhibition, our Marketing and Sales Assistant Eva sat down with Peter to talk about alchemy - from his birth in Prague, a city steeped in alchemical history, to the alchemy he finds in glass itself. Read on to hear how Peter revisited his earlier works for this exhibition, and why he chose to return to the dangerous iridising process.