Certificates of Excellence

COE in Handweaving Recipients

COE, Level I: Technical Skills in Handweaving

1994

Sandra Hutton
Janet Worthington

1996

Suzie Liles

1998

Annemarie Bellem

2000

Mary Frost
Margaret Gaynes
Louetta Kambic
Rebecca Laurence

2004

Deb Essen
Collyer Exholm

2006

Vila Cox

2008

Karen Donde
Martha Reeves
Wendy Brookes Ross

2010

Gloria Haefner-Gatti
Melodie Usher


COE, Level I: Technical Skills in Handweaving and COE Level II: Master in Handweaving with Specialized Study

1976

Specialized Study Topic
Sharon Alderman Apparel Textiles
Philis Alvic Variations on One-Warp Pattern
Janice Beckenbach Research in Historical American Coverlets
Eleanor Best Mosaic of American Heritage
Penelope Drooker Integration of Weaving and Embroidery Techniques in Textiles
Junia Graff Yardage
Lucy S. Haenke Development of Early Clothin
Mary Alice Hearn Color in Handweaving
Gorel Kinersly Transparencies-Translucencies
Antonia Kormos Hand-Manipulated Lace Weaves
Gail Rosenbaum Exploration of Three-Dimensional Design
Kerstin Schweizer Colors in Weaving, Spinning, and Dyeing
Lois A. Self Research in Landes and Related Multi-Harness Threading Systems
Carol A. Strickler Loom-Controlled Patchwork Effects
Carol Thilenius Clothing Construction
Kathryn Turner Multi-Harness Two-Tie Unit Techniques Adapted to Counter Marche Looms
Joan Walker Navajo Techniques
Kathryn Wertenberger Teaching Weaving

1978

Betty Davenport Textures and Pattern on the Rigid Heddle Loom
Emmie Howard Interpretation of 19th Century Weaving Drafts
Doramay Keasbey Damask and Turned Twills
Antonia Kormos Dyeing Wool with Acid Dyes
Dini Moes The Use of Color in Weaving and How to Obtain It
Marjorie Scott Producing Optical Effects with Loom-Controlled Techniques

1980

Betty Gaudy Loom-Controlled Alternate (Checkerboard) Pattern
Shirley Medsker Multi Harness Loom Conrolled Wall Hangings
Nicole Poussart Tapestry: Design for Transparency
Kava Schafer Warp-Faced Ikat-Dyed Rugs
Marjorie Scott

Applying Color to Handweaving Using Commercially Dyed Wool
and
Handwoven Ecclesiatical Textiles for the Christian Denominations and the Synagogue

1982

Phyllis Barrett Children's Clothing
Elisabeth Hoffman From Cocoon to Garment
Diantha States Four-Harness Overshot

1984

Anne Novak Knotless Netting and the Evolution of Fiber Scuptures
Donna Sullivan Summer and Winter for 4 Harnesses

1988

Sue Beevers Stripe Sequencing: The Fibonacci Series
Edith F. House Color Blending in Woven Works Through the Use of Multi-colored Multi-Stranded Plied Yarns
Maude Knudsen Overshot: Endless Possibilities
Jerie Lucas Reproducing Antique Handwoven Overshot Coverlets
Virginia McCauley Supplemental Warp Design in Wall Hangings
Heidi Waber Beiderwand Studies

1990

Barbara Jean Walker Variations on a Theme of Turned Overshot
Lillian Whipple By a Fine Silk Thread
Susan Wilson Crackle Weave

1992

Nancy Shiffrin Polychrome Lampas Pick-Up
Lorraine Withers J & R Bronson - A 20th Century View
Karen Yackell Paralleling the Development of Navajo and Gobelins Tapestries

1996

Catherine Beckman Multicolored 3 Block, 5 Shaft Damask

1998

Mary Rawcliffe-Colton Tapestry: Choices in Image Making

2000

Deborah D. Allen The Bateman Blend Weave: Some Practical Applications

2004

Robyn Spady Loom Controlled Stitched Double Cloth
Rebecca Winter Color and Weave: Getting to the Stars

2006

Mary Berent 16-Shaft Advancing Twill

2008

Vila Cox Multiharness Diversified Plain Weave: An Exploration of 16 Harness Diversified Plain Weave on a ‘Point’ Threading

2010

Martha Reeves Bead Leno - A Textile to Wear

 

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