Amy J. Vogelaar

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Amy J. Vogelaar

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  • Home
  • About Me
  • Recent Projects
  • Sketchbook
  • Patterns
  • Fabrication
  • Exhibitions

About Me

Amy J. Vogelaar

Education

Work Experience

Work Experience

 I have Bachelor's degrees from Virginia Tech in Fashion Design & Merchandising and Professional Writing. In my classes I gained proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign as well as unique insights on how to successfully market fashion items.

Work Experience

Work Experience

Work Experience

 While in college, I worked in VT's Oris Glisson Historic Costume and Textiles Collection. My main responsibilities were organizing collection inventory, optimizing digital cataloguing workflow, and designing window displays featuring and explaining the collection's historical artifacts. 

Skills

Work Experience

Skills

 I have expertise in designing and sketching garment flats in Illustrator and carrying them through the patternmaking stage to fabrication. I have knowledge of how to source materials and make tech packs.

Curriculum Vitae

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School Work Experience

Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Textiles

Oris Glisson Historical Costume and Textile Collection

Oris Glisson Historical Costume and Textile Collection

Because I received the top grade in my textiles class, I was offered the position of teaching assistant for the next semester's class. I set up labs, helped advise and correct students' reports, and held interactive study sessions before each of seven exams.

Oris Glisson Historical Costume and Textile Collection

Oris Glisson Historical Costume and Textile Collection

Oris Glisson Historical Costume and Textile Collection

As an independent study, I worked in the Oris Glisson Collection that contains historic garments going back to the 1800s. I catalogued incoming donations, sewed in identification numbers, and took identifying photographs for developing an online database of garments.

Vice President of VT's Student Chapter of AATCC

Oris Glisson Historical Costume and Textile Collection

Vice President of VT's Student Chapter of AATCC

Along with other officers, I revitalized the Virginia Tech Student Chapter of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists. I coordinated and provided materials/instruction for activities such as wool felting, movie nights, and an upcoming natural dyeing lab.

Professional Work Experience

Olive Book (2020-2023)

Amber Book (2019-2023)

Amber Book (2019-2023)

Working with an architecture professor and several retired school teachers, I produced an online SAT/ACT preperation course. I was the webmaster and entered every question onto the website, inserted every LaTeX equation, and made many of the problems' images using Illustrator.

Amber Book (2019-2023)

Amber Book (2019-2023)

Amber Book (2019-2023)

I contracted with a company called Ermann & Associates, run by a Virginia Tech architecture professor, to update The Amber Book Workbook. I transcribed over 50 hours of video lectures, trimmed the wording down to the essentials, and formatted everything into a single document. I then created the accompanying online course.

Goodwill (2017-2020)

Edible Arrangements (2016-2017)

Edible Arrangements (2016-2017)

As a retail and visual specialist, I kept weekly inventories, trained new employees, priced items based on a pricing guide and brand knowledge, and provided professional service to customers based on their needs. I also created styled looks so that customers could have a good idea of what clothing would look good together and give them ideas for how to wear them.

Edible Arrangements (2016-2017)

Edible Arrangements (2016-2017)

Edible Arrangements (2016-2017)

In the position of fruit designer, I created visually stunning fruit arrangements according to customer specifications and helped customers choose arrangements that best fit the occasions and recipient’s preferences. I mastered the art of answering the phone, making cold calls, and entering customer orders into the computer system.

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