The Pillowbook Series  was selected for the prestigious Young Glass Award & Exhibition at the Ebbeltoft Museum in Denmark. The exhibition will open in June 2007 and continue touring. Australian glass artists selected as finalists for Young Glass 2007 include Lisa Cahill, Mel Douglas & Nicole Ayliffe. For more information on the touring exhibition please visit: www.glasmuseet.dk

Curated by Ben Sewell, this exhibition featuring Lisa Cahill, Andrew Lavery, Morgan Shimeld and Zara Collins amoung others, displays the diversity & skill in Australian studio glass. On display at Chappell Gallery New York, during June 2007. For more information please visit: www.chappellgallery.com

The Pillowbook Series was selected for the 2006 Ranamok Glass Prize. Zara used her signature technique of combining fine copper wire, fused inside of glass. “The original drawings on the ‘Art of Love’ were suppressed by the ruling Dynasty. Frozen in time like the bubbles around them, these evocative drawings await a new audience.” For more information on the Ranamok Australian tour please visit: www.ranamok.com

Maureen Cahill, Director of the Glass Artists’ Gallery exhibited Zara’s evocative glass and copper drawings at both 2001 and 2002 SOFA (Sculpture Objects & Functional Art) Exposition in Chicago, USA.
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A collection of voyeuristic drawings in glass & copper wire, mounted in small frames. Zara’s work aims “to draw the viewer in for closer observation, to let them unravel the secrets behind the glass.” This body of work was awarded first prize at the Glass Art Society’s International Student Exhibition in Brooklyn, New York in 2000 and chosen as a finalist in the RFC Glass Prize (now called the Ranamok Glass Prize). www.glassart.org