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)
	textile painting course formal millinery tutoring with Rose Cory (millinery to late Queen Mother) felt making course glove making course
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:
	Hatequette - How to wear a hat French Flower Making Sculpting with Sinamay
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