A 2013 Espace VERRE graduate, she is currently beginning the 2nd and final year of her Fusion workshop mandate.

Your real name is Élisabeth-Cassandra, but everyone calls you Zou. How did you get your nickname?
Zou, short for Zoulou, is a name that I thought up for myself when I was about 10-years-old, on the first day of summer camp. During this period of my life, I was enamored with the idea of simultaneously being seen and invisible. Zou is my protective shell.

Which artists have marked your imagination and influenced your creative path?
First of all, I have to say that my high school art teacher Isabelle is the person that audaciously introduced me to the concept of infinity. During my personal development, I met a guy named Nicholas that subtly introduced me to my true self. To tell you the truth, if many well-known artists have influenced my creativity, such as Lino Tagliapietra, Salvador Dali and David Altmejd; I must say that the major influences of my creative process have not necessarily been artists— but simply enlightened people that profoundly impacted me at moments when things started to fall into place in my life.

Due to your glassblowing prowess, many glass artists hire you as their gaffer to make their production work. What is it that you wish to explore for your own Zou Art collections?
For the moment, all my ideas seem to be focused on the crab, which is a very curious and poetic creature. Without a doubt, I foresee working on my current production consisting of crab vases, as well as experimenting with sculpture.