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 My father MIRO |
The name "Vermiro" (pronounced "where-meero") comes from
my name "Vera" and my Father's name "Miro". It is actually the shortening
of his second given name "Radomir". He came from Prague (Czech Republic) I was about 3 yr old when he died of Angina. At that time the medication to control it was not yet available in Europe. Although I have no conscious first hand memories of him, I feel very close to my father. |
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I was born in Bucharest, Romania (Dad worked there at the time) 1944. After my father died, my Mum returned to her parents in Austria. We lived in Vienna, where I eventually studied 4 years full time at the College for Art and Textile Design. I gained experience, studying textile design at a textile printing factory, working at rug designs and rug weaving for a Viennese company, and working 6 months at the "Hofburg Gobelin Manufactur" (The former Emperor's Tapestry Workshop in Vienna). Then I worked as commercial artist for a Department Store in Vienna. I immigrated to Australia 1967. I wove my very first tapestry in 1975 and started weaving again 1982. Since 1986 I participated in exhibitions, had an exhibition of my own in Adelaide, got 2 nominations and acceptances (in separate years) for the BHP Award for Excellence. I held workshops at the Hand weavers and Spinners Guild in Adelaide and in Yorketown for the Lutheran Women. I was a resident artist for 12 months at the old Jam Factory, where I also held classes. Since then I teach privately. 1989 we moved out of Adelaide to the country, where I got involved with local craft fairs, had a spinning group of 11 once a week in my studio and was teaching. Then my husband David had several operations and I needed to take special care of him and took a few years break from weaving tapestries. I also got carried away, tending a flock of angora-mohair goats, establishing a flower and vegy garden and planting over 70 trees on our mini-farm. In 1999 we needed to move back to Adelaide to have David close to the QEHospital, as his condition worsened and I could not do home dialysis for him any longer.  Now I have my own studio in the garden of my home in Adelaide and am able to dedicate more of my time and energy to tapestry weaving and painting After an accident when I was young, I was blind for over one month, but with intensive treatment in hospital, regained a small amout of tunnel vision. (I am legally blind). When I was young I was able to scan quickly enough to do most things like everybody else, but growing older my reactions are slowing down and my scans are not as accurate. Coming back to the city after 10 years in the country was quite an adjustment. I got mobility training from the RSB which was very helpful. Since the Guide dogs did not provide dogs for vision impaired people at the time, I applied for a dog to SEDA "Seeing Eye Dogs of Australia". I went to Melbourne to train with a Seeing Eye Dog and graduated May 9, 2002. I came home with Karley and she is taking good care of me ever since! My heartfelt Thanks to everyone contributing to this amazing change in my life!! Click here to see Karley's album. Other pages are: The Mini Care Afghan which members of the Yahoo Spin-Group made for me, after my son Simon died in November 2002. . When David died November 2003 Catherine Moore organised members from the Yahoo "Anzweavespin group" to put together a beautiful hand spun, knitted and crocheted Care Afghan. She assembled all the squares and spun and knitted the surround. The Afghan is still comforting me today! Have a look! A link to David's Page is below. To write to me click here |
Vera & Karley  Vera & Karley visiting old gum trees at "The Cedars" (Sir Hans Heysen's studio) 2006 
Karley running free on Sunday in "the park" |