Justine Austen Tessa Blazey Robin Bold Caitlin Boyce Michelle Cangiano Alida Cappelletta Zoe Crowder Raymond de Zwart Laura di Florio Nina Ellis Lucy Folk Yuko Fujita Antonella Giomarelli Rachel Gorman John Hall Dougal Haslem Katie Jacobs Melanie Katsalidis Nid Kelly Djurdjica Kesic Elfrun Lach Teresa Lane Katheryn Leopoldseder Cheryl Maloney Krista McRae Nina Oikawa David Parker Julia Silvester Craig Spark Meredith Turnbull Barbara Veall Suzi Zutic Julia Silvester has created a series of glass works using late medieval botanical imagery and text taken from the works of Hildergard von Bingen (1098-1179). These are sandblasted onto laboratory glass creating a translucent forest of intriguing shapes and forms, the works themselves forming a dialogue between the worlds of art and science. Julia holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking (with Honours) from RMIT University, graduating in 1999, where she has also been a sessional lecturer since 2001. She has been the recipient of several awards including the Geelong Acquisitive Print Prize in 2007, and included in a number of collections including the National Gallery of Victoria and RMIT University. She has exhibited wisely throughout Australia and internationally since 1995 in both group and solo exhibitions.