Madelyn van der Hoogt explained

Madelyn van der Hoogt
Birth Name:Madelyn Joy Sanborn
Birth Date:1941
Education:B.A. in English, University of California, Berkeley, 1963
Teaching certificate, University of California, Berkeley, 1964

Madelyn van der Hoogt (b. 1941) is an American weaver, teacher and writer who formerly edited Prairie Wool Companion, Weaver's, and Handwoven magazine.[1] [2]

Early life and education

Born in 1941, Madelyn Joy Sanborn lived in Los Angeles, where she attended Overland Avenue Elementary School, Palms Junior High, and Alexander Hamilton High School.[3] She earned a B.A. in English and a teaching certificate in 1963 at the University of California, Berkeley. She married Gerrit van der Hoogt in 1966.[4]

Career

Van der Hoogt taught English at Claremont Junior High and Oakland Tech in Oakland, California.[5] [6] The van der Hoogts moved in 1974 to Fayette, Missouri, where she taught English at Fayette High School.

In the 1970s, van der Hoogt learned to weave in Guatemala. With an interest in textiles, weaving, and looms, she edited Weaver's magazine (1986–1999) and Handwoven (1999–2012). In 1984 she established The Weavers' School in Fayette, Missouri. In 1993, van der Hoogt moved to Whidbey Island in Puget Sound with her looms and the school. Suzie Liles, of the Eugene Textile Center, became her Studio Director.[7]

She has lectured and taught workshops for more than thirty-five years, in the United States, Canada, and Australia. In 2012, she retired from editing Handwoven magazine, to teach, weave, and write.

In naming van der Hoogt to "The Weaving Hall of Fame", Sherrie Amada Miller wrote, "She is the world's Weaving Wizard. As former editor of Prairie Wool Companion, Weaver's, and Handwoven, she has long been a star in our weaving universe."

She teaches weaving at the Weavers' School in Coupeville, Washington.

Selected publications

Books

Van der Hoogt edited the Best of Weaver's Series.

DVDs

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Weaving Hall of Fame. Handwoven. en. 2019-12-12.
  2. News: Education vacation. 2012-11-10. Times Colonist. 2019-12-12. 51.
  3. News: Calendar of Events (West Los Angeles). 1959-03-15. The Los Angeles Times. 2020-03-03. 208. WEST LOS ANGELES - Madelyn Sanborn, Millie Moromotok and Judy. Mac- Lean of Hamilton High School will fill top city governmental positions during Girls' Week tomorrow through Friday..
  4. Web site: California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985. Ancestry . subscription. 2020-03-13.
  5. Web site: Weaving Instructor – Weaving Teacher – Weavers School. www.weaversschool.com. 2020-02-04.
  6. Web site: 2015-04-09. Madelyn van der Hoogt, Teacher 1969-1974. 2020-07-08. Oakland Tech Centennial. en-US.
  7. Web site: 120 Madelyn van der Hoogt - Deflected Doubleweave. 2016-07-04. www.mafa-conference-2017.org. en-US. 2020-02-04.

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