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Curriculum Vitae
Waltraud Reiner
PO Box 3120
Murrumbeena, VIC. 3163
AUSTRALIA
Tel: +61 3 9504 4476
Fax: +61 3 9563 1200
Education/Training
| 2005 | Felting course with May Hvistendahl, Norway |
| 2004 | Felting and dying course with Polly Sterling |
| Wearable Art course, Textile Fibre Forum Convention | |
| 2003 | Basket making techniques at the Australian Basket Makers Convention |
| 2001 | Felting course with UK felter Jeanette Appleton |
| 2000 | Computer course for Powerpoint |
| Felting course with Norwegian felter May Hvistendahl | |
| 1997 | Certificate 4 - Train the Trainer |
| 1994 - 1997 | Inner Melbourne courses with Textile Guilds in Felting & Basketry |
| 1991 | "Developing Your Own Business" course at Small Business Development Corp., Melbourne |
| 1989 | Millinery training with Haute Couture London Milliner Phillip Sommerville, Milliner to the late Princess Dianna |
| 1987 - 1989 | Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) |
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| 1986 | Formal millinery training with Frau Bollmann, Munich, Germany |
| 1984 | Self development & assertiveness, CAE, Melbourne |
| Client Appraisal, Communication & Service course, CAE, Melbourne | |
| 1983 - 1984 | Formal millinery training with Magda Urban, Melbourne |
| 1974 - 1978 | Fashion degree in Austria |
| 1973 | Completed Year 12 Certificate equivalent in Austria |
Bibliography
| 2007 | Featured on 'The Collectors' (ABC TV) |
| Featured in Notebook magazine (FPC Magazines) | |
| 2006 | ABC Radio interview, Home Hill |
| Numerous Queensland publications covering the Blue Hat Project tour of Queensland | |
| ABC Radio interview "Sunday Morning with Macca" | |
| ABC Radio interview Tasmania | |
| 2005 | Internet radio interviews |
| 2004 | Featured in Flying Arts QLD publication |
| 2002 | Featured in 'The Hat Magazine'. textile magazine, Germany |
| 1990 - 1993 | Work featured in Vogue, Elle, Studio Bambini and New Idea |
| TV documentaries on ABC and Channel 9 |
Awards
| 1991 | First Prize Gown of the Year Award, Melbourne |
| 1989 | Winner of Melbourne Cup 'Hat of the Day' |
Fashion Parades
| 2006 | "Hat Extravaganza" BMW Edge, Federation square |
| 2004 | "Hat Extravaganza" St. Kilda, trades event for milliners and public |
| 1996 | Spring Summer Collection at Caulfield Racecourse |
| 1992 | Spring Carnival Collection at Ripponlea |
| 1991 | Spring Carnival Collection at Labassa House |
| 1990 | Winter collection at Labassa House |
Exhibitions
| 2006 | Hat tricks, City Museum, Melbourne Material Talking, Kinrosse House, Toorak |
| 2005 | "Body felt", Wangaratta Art Gallery, Victoria |
| 2004 | “Body felt”, Old Gold Treasury Museum Melbourne |
| 2003 | Benalla Art Gallery, Victoria Graz, Austria |
| "Melbourne Cup" Graz, Austria | |
| Sturt Gallery, NSW | |
| 1994 | A Hat is not just a Hat - Glen Eira Gallery, Caulfield |
| 1992 | A Head in Art, Salon the Art & Crafts |
| Horses and Hats - Blaxland Gallery, Melbourne |
Professional Work Experience
| 1991 - now | Private workshops |
| 1995 - now | Senior Lecturer at Kangan Batman TAFE |
| 2000 - now | Millinery workshops at interstae, national andinternational Fibre and Millinery forums, conventions and events |
| Owner/operator Torb and Reiner (T&R) millinery company | |
| 2006 | Three month teaching and promotional tour for the Blue Hat Project, Qld |
| 2005 | Teaching in Oslo, London (Zandra Rhodes Museum) |
| Founder of the Blue Hat Project, a depression awareness raising initiative: www.bluehatproject.org.au | |
| Founder of the Australian Hat Week www.hatweek.com.au | |
| Development and launch of the Travel Range head accessories | |
| 2004 | Teaching tour, Europe and USA |
| Founder of the Melbourne Hat Extravaganza www.hatextravaganza.com | |
| 2002 | Writer, Textile Fibre Forum quarterly magazine |
| 2000 - 2004 | Production of three Millinery teaching DVD’s: |
| 1997 -1998 | Teaching and facilitating the first TAFE Certificate course at Melbourne School of Millinery |
| 1992 - 1998 | Founding and operating the Melbourne School of Millinery |
| 1995 | Part of an industry panel developing Certificate 1, 2 & 3 Millinery courses for TAFE colleges |
| 1990 - 1997 | Owner/operator Waltraud Reiner Millinery "Made to Measure" in Melbourne, Australia |
| 1989 - 1990 | Private teaching, London |
| 1988 | Taught Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) classes in London in Millinery, Glove and Handbag making |
| 1988 - 1989 | Part-time employment at Philip Somerville, Milliner to the Royal Family, London |
| 1985 | Millinery assistant & window display at Frau Bollmann in Munich |
| 1983 - 1984 | Millinery training at Magda Urban Millinery in Melbourne |