Claudia Borella’s glass pieces are elegant and highly refined, relying upon  recent developments in kilnforming methods.  The use of Bullseye glass enables her to explore the interrelationships between pattern, colour and form, satisfying both aesthetic and practical concerns.  Of her work, Claudia remarks, “travel has provided the most significant turning points in terms of artistic and conceptual development ... the work could be stylistically classified as Australian, modern Italian, Japanese or Pacific, embracing a hybrid of cultures.”

Claudia graduated with First Class Honours from the Canberra School of Art in 1995 and, with a growing international reputation, was awarded the Bavarian State Prize and Gold Medal at Talente '98, an exhibition for young designers held in Munich, Germany.  Other achievements overseas include a residency at the Bullseye Glass Resource Centre in Portland, USA, and a year at the European Institute of Design, Milan, as part of a previous degree in Industrial Design.  Claudia was also awarded the Kyohei Fujila Prize at the Young Glass '97 exhibition in Ebeltoft, Denmark.  Claudia relocated to New Zealand in 2001 where she has recently been apointed the President of the New Zealand Society of Glass Artists.  Claudia has been exhibiting with Beaver Galleries since 1995 and has been represented by the gallery in exhibitions at the Australian Embassy in Washington DC, and at the SOFA exposition in Chicago, USA.  Her work has been acquired by the National Gallery of Australia, Australian National University, Artbank, Murano Glass Museum (Italy) and Glasmuseum (Ebeltoft, Denmark).