These included his brother, the sculptor Marc Ferrez (1788–1850), the painter Jean-Baptiste Debret (1768–1848), the sculptor Auguste Marie Taunay and his brother the painter Nicolas Antoine Taunay (1755–1830), the engraver Charles-Simon Pradier (1786–1847) and the architect Auguste-Henri-Victor Grandjean de Montigny (1776–1850).

Zéphyrin and Marc Ferrez sculpted and decorated the bassinet offered to Pedro I of Brazil (1798–1834) on the occasion of the birth of his first daughter, Princess Maria da Glória.

In 1820 he engraved the Senatus Fluminense medal in honor of the acclamation of King John VI of Portugal, who had been enthroned in 1818.

In 1826 the brothers Ferrez made a set of bas-reliefs and clay sculptures for the facade of the Academy building.

His students included Manuel de Lima, Chaves Pinheiro (1822–1884) and José da Silva Santos.