A WEAVER'S WORKSHOP

VICKI TARDY

4608 OAK CREST HILL ROAD S.E.
IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240
(319) 351-5208
Email: vtardy@mchsi.com

Professional Experience | Education | Teaching Experience | Publications | Professional Memberships | Contact Information


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

The Weaving Studio (retail weaving shop), Iowa City, Iowa co-owner and instructor, 1983-1993

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EDUCATION

San Diego State College, San Diego, California
BA, Elementary Education, 1959-1963

Weaving Workshops with Sharon Alderman, Betty Beard, Jason Collingwood, Jean Scorgie, Malin Selander, Martha Stanley, Madelyn van der Hoogt, Virginia West, Heather Winslow, Michelle Wipplinger

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Craft Guild of Iowa City 1980-1982
Beginning Weaving Class

The Weaving Studio 1983-1993
Beginning Weaving
Intermediate Weaving
Seminar-length classes on:

Midwest Weavers Conferences

Florida Tropical Weavers Guild

New England Weavers Seminar (NEWS)

Iowa Federation of Handweavers and Spinners

Convergence

Three-Day Workshop: "Adventures in Doubleweave"

St. Louis, Missouri April 1991
Springfield, Missouri May 1992
Iowa City, Iowa November 1992
Nashville, Tennessee October 1993
Des Moines, Iowa November 1994
Cedar Falls, Iowa October 1995
Joliet, Illinois March 1997

Three-Day Workshop: "Linen: Meeting the Challenge"

St. Louis, Missouri March 2007

Two-Day Workshop: "Overshot Variations"

Omaha, Nebraska April 1992
Monmouth, Illinois October 1992
Mason City, Iowa April 1994
Bloomington, Indiana October 1994
Boone, Iowa March 1995
Cedar Falls, Iowa May 2000
Nashville, Tennessee September 2001
Alton, Illinois May 2003
Iowa City, Iowa April 2005
Jockey Hollow Weavers, NJ Oct. 2007

Two-Day Workshop: "Lace Weaves"

Monmouth, Illinois April 1993
Springfield, Illinois April 1994
Boone, Iowa October 1995
Bloomington, Indiana Sept. 1996
Lincoln, Nebraska May 1997
Milwaukee, Wisconsin October 1997
Cedar Falls, Iowa March 1998
Illinois Prairie Weavers April 1999
Northshore Weavers April 1999
Stevens Point, Wisconsin May 1999
Bozeman, Montana October 2001
Sarasota, Florida January 2003
Palomar Weavers, California May 2003
Cincinnati, Ohio September 2006
Weavers Guild of Minnesota, March 2007
Weavers Guild South, Illinois May 2007

Two-Day Workshop: "Boundweave"

Cedar Falls, Iowa February 1995
Mason City, Iowa April 1995
St. Louis, Missouri April 1997
Clinton, Iowa November 2001

Two-Day Workshop: "Summer and Winter"

Mason City, Iowa March 1996
Boone, Iowa September 1996
Monmouth, Illinois May 1999
North Shore Weavers, Illinois September 2003
Ft. Myers, Florida January 2005
Illinois Prairie Weavers April 2005
Weavers Guild South, IL April 2006

Two-day Workshop: "Twills, Twills, Twills"

Weavers Guild South, Illinois November 1999
Bloomington, Indiana May 2000
Champaign, Illinois March 2001
Terra Haute, Indiana September 2003
Seattle, Washington May 2006

Two-day Workshop: "Playing with Blocks: The ABC's of Weaving"

Nebraska City, Nebraska October 2002
Milwaukee, Wisconsin September 2004
Iowa City, Iowa November 2004
Minneapolis, Minnesota March 2006
Woodstock, Illinois, March 2007
Franklin County, Missouri June 2007

Two-day Workshop: "Color-and-Weave"

Nashville, Tennesee April 2003
Springfield, Illinois April 2004
Iowa City, Iowa October 2004
Tampa, Florida January 2006

One-day Workshop: "Introduction to Doubleweave"

Southern California May 2003
Rock Island, Illinois November 2003
West Palm Beach, Florida January 2005

One-day Workshop: "Doubleweave Pick-up"

Southern California May 2003

One-day Workshop: "Projects in Shadow Weave"

Springfield, Illinois April 2006
Monmouth, Illinois April 2006

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PUBLICATIONS

Handwoven
"Sea Crystal Dress" pp 55, I-11 March/April 1987
"Diagonal Lace Blanket" pp 65, 87-88 March/April 1992
"Silk Scarves in Huck Lace" pp 41, 81-82 March/April 1992
"Collaborative Weaving" with Kathy Bright, pp 40-42 March/April 1992
"Towels on a Striped Warp" pp 42, 82-83 March/April 1992
"Log Cabin Upholstery" pp 44, 81 March/ April 1993
"Stormy Sea Scarf" pp 48, 94 May/June 1996
"Cutting a Draft to Fit Your Loom" pp 73-74 May/June 1996
"Paper Dolls and Hearts Baby Blanket" pp 72, 92-93May/June 1996
"Tartan Towel Exchange" pp40-43 September/October 1996
"A Color Gamp in Overshot" p 51January/February 2004
"A Run of Linen Runners on the Same Warp" pp 52-55 May/June 2005
"Teach it with Towels: Swedish Lace" pp 36-39 January/February 2006
"Elegant Silk Scarf" pp 40-42 March/April 2006
"Six Unique Towels" pp 44-47 November/December 2007

Weavers
"Bronson Lace: Perfect for Pick-Up" pp 16-17 Issue 24, Summer 1994
"Pick-Up Bronson Lace Runner" p 18 Issue 24, Summer 1994
"Bounteous Warp" pp 54-56 Issue 40, Summer 1998

Handwoven Scarves, Interweave Press, 1999
"Twill Stars" pp 96-97
"Indigo Fancy Point Twill Scarf" pp 98-99

The Best of Weaver's, Huck Lace, XRX, Inc. 2000,
"Bronson Lace Runner" pp 71-72

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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Craft Guild of Iowa City
Iowa Federation of Handweavers and Spinners
Handweavers Guild of America
Iowa State Representative 1988-1992

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CONTACT INFORMATION

 

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