• BA University of California at Los Angeles
• MA University of Southern California
• Graduate studies at California State University

AFFILIATIONS:

• The Artists’ Studio, Palos Verdes Art Center, California
• Designing Weavers of Los Angeles
• Southern California Handweavers’ Guild
• California Fibers, San Diego
• Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, California--docent council

GRANTS:

• Los Angeles Educational Partnership--art education
• Classroom Instructional Improvement Grant--Toyota Foundation
• University of California, Berkeley--study of Indonesian textiles/masks in Bali

AWARDS:

• 1998 Wearable Expressions, Beckstrand Gallery, Palos Verdes, California - Juror's Choice Award (cash award)
• 1999 It's the Fashion, Handknitters’ Conference, San Diego, California -- won “Design Concepts" Award for two handknitted, hand dyed jackets
• 1999 Bazaar Del Mundo Fashion Show, San Diego, California—won Design Award (cash award) for handwoven tailored garment
• 2000 Fashion Concepts, Road to California Quilter’s Conference, California—won 2nd place Award for “Giraffic Park”
• 2000 Jubilations -- Celebration of African Textiles, Cincinnati, Ohio won Best of Show Award (cash award) for both garments entered
• 2000 Fiber 2000--Fashion Show, Estes Park, Colorado--Best of Show
• 2000 International Fiber Show, Beijing, China--Certificate of Merit
• 2001 Bazaar Del Mundo Invitational Exhibit--two garments

SHOWS AND EXHIBITIONS

• Bazaar Del Mundo Fashion Show, San Diego, California, 1998
• “Design to Wear”, Oregon School of Art, Portland, Oregon, 1998
• Intermountain Handweavers’ Show, Phoenix, Arizona, 1998
• “Dressed in Time”, Convergence Show, Portland, Oregon, 1998
• Wild Fiber Show, Nos. I and II, Santa Monica, California, 1998
• Pacific International Quilt Festival IV, Santa Paula, California, 1998
• “Wearable Expressions”, Beckstrand Gallery, Palos Verdes, California, 1998
• “Feast on Art”, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport, California, 1998
• Handknitters’ Conference, San Diego, California, 1999
• Bazaar Del Mundo Fashion Show, San Diego, California, 1999
• Fiber Celebrated ’99, Albuquerque Museum of Art, New Mexico, 1999
• Orange County Museum of Art, Newport, California--Pacific Craft Show, 1999
• Road to California Quilter’s Conference and Showcase, California, 2000
• Handknitters’ International Design Competition, Richmond, Virginia, 2000
• “We Make the Fashion”, Convergence 2000, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2000
• “Jubilations—Celebration of African Textiles”, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2000
• Fiber 2000 Fashion Show, Estes Park, Colorado, 2000
• International Handweaving Show, University of Beijing, China, 2000
• “Gathering of Artists”—89Deer Lodge, Montana, 2000
• Orange County Museum, Newport, California--Pacific Craft show, 2000
• "Wearable Expressions"--Beckstrand Gallery, California, 2000
• Road to California Quilters' Conference and Showcase, California, 2001
• Handknitters' International Design Competition, Branson, Missouri, 2001
• Fiber Celebrated '01, N.E. Museum of Art, Utah University, Logan, Utah, 2001
• Fiber Odyssey 2001 Handweavers Fashion Show, California, 2001
• Bazaar del Mundo Invitational Fashion Show, California, 2001
• Beckstrand Gallery Multi-Media Exhibition, Palos Verdes, California, 2001
• Tasara Weaving Studios, Kerala, India, 2001
• Association of Southern California Handweavers, Show Case Exhibit, California, 2001
• Handweavers' Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2002
• Handweavers, Spinners and Dyers of Alberta, Canada, 2002
• Handweavers Conference--Riverside, California, 2003

GALLERIES:

• The Art Studio, Palos Verdes, California
• The Blue Rose, Santa Fe, New Mexico

PUBLICATIONS:

• Interweave Magazine
• American Craftsman Magazine
• Explore Travel Catalogue (London, England)
• International Travel News' "Mountains Top Monasteries" May 1995
• Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot (HGA publication) "Slowly Down the Mekong" Spring 1999
• Weave Scene--computer magazine (www.weavescene.com), 2000
• International Travel News' "Weavers of Laos", 2000
• Surface Design Magazine "Down to Earth--A Woman's World", 2001
• Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot (HGA) "On the Weaver Bird Trail" winter 2000/2001
• Cast On "To Dye for Ikat--Ikat Knitting", Spring 2001
• Cast On "Knitting an Ikat Garment", Fall 2001
• Vogue Pattern Magazine "Dream Weaver--Profile of Estelle Carlson" by Donna Gould, March/April 2001
• Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot (HGA) "Anansi's Gift of the Magic Thread", 2002

TELEVISION APPEARANCES:

• HGTV: Sew Much More: "Ikat Knitting", October 2001
• HGTV: Carol Duvall: "Color Madness", November 2001

SEMINARS:

• Southern California Handweavers’ Guild, California
• Ventura Handweavers’ Guild, California
• Denver and Colorado Handweavers’ Guild, Colorado
• Dallas Handweavers’ Guild, Texas
• Green Valley Weavers, Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Mendocino Art Center, California
• Handweavers’ Conference, Burbank, California
• San Bernardino Handweavers’ Guild, California
• Santa Barbara Handweavers’ Guild, California
• Wild Fiber Art Studio, Santa Monica, California
• Weavers’ Cottage, Canyon Country, California
• Textile Museum, San Bernardino, California, 2001
• Handweavers' Conference, Anaheim, California, 2001
• Green Valley Weavers, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 2001
• Wild Fiber Art Studio, Santa Monica, California, 2001
• Sewing Arts, Santa Monica, California, 2001
• International Handweavers' Convergence, B.C., Canada, 2002
• Handweavers, Spinners and Dyers of Alberta, Canada, 2002
• PRO Chemical and Dye, Inc., Somerset, Massachusetts, 2002
• Textile Museum, San Bernardino, California, 2002
• Green Valley Weavers, Colorado, 2002

LECTURES:

• Ruskin Art Club, Los Angeles, California
• Burbank Quilt Guild, Burbank, California
• Glendale Friendship Club, Pasadena, California
• Southern California Handweavers’ Guild, California
• Santa Barbara Handweavers; Guild, California
• San Diego Handweavers; Guild, California
• Designing Weavers Guild, Los Angeles, California
• California State University, Northridge, California
• California Map and Travel, California
• Distant Lands, California
• Green Valley Weavers, Colorado
• Beckstrand Gallery, Palos Verdes, California
• Gathering of Artists, Butte, Montana
• Woodbury University, Burbank, California
• Pacific Asia Museum, California
• Handweavers' Conference, British Columbia, Canada
• Handweavers of Alberta, Canada
• Handweavers Conference, Riverside, California, 2003