About Eliza
I’m a craftsperson and textile historian. I have a love of the every-day, and have a passion for understanding the connections between the made world, individual and community craft knowledge, and design.
I grew up in Vermont, and am happiest when I’m within site of Camel’s Hump, or walking in wooded river valleys.
When not sewing, printing, teaching, or doing research, I also work for Vermont Folklife and sit on the boards of the Heritage Winooski Mill Museum and the Marshfield School of Weaving Study Collection, as well as the Henry Sheldon Museum’s collections committee.
I have an MA from the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture (2019), where my research explored the intersection between historical textile skills and industrialization and how we can recapture craft knowledge through experimentation, as well as a BA in historical costuming and Early Modern thought (University of Kings College, and Dalhousie University).