Most recently, Jwlhyfer presented a "Retrospective" called "Portrait and Persona; The Work of Jwlhyfer de Winter" which covered 20 years personal art work in costume and performance, at Costume Con 23, in Utah.
Jwlhyfer de Winter won the Best in Class, Master, Historical Interpretation and Best in Show, Historical Interpretation at Costume Con 22 in Atlanta, Georgia in April, 2004 for "There Are Dangers From Beauty." www.costume-con.org
She also won "Best Recreation" and a Workmanship Award for Trim in the Master Catagory at the Baycon 2004 Costume Competition (Masquerade,) www.baycon.org for "Arwen Becomes Mortal."
"Arwen Becomes Mortal" also won a Workmanship Award in the Master Catagory for Trim and Color at the Noreascon 4 (Worldcon 2004) Costume Competition (Masquerade.)
She is currently the Costume Clinics Coordinator for The Greater Bay Area Costumer's Guild www.gbacg.org and organizes their Monthly "Movie Lover's" Sewing Circle/Costume Clinics in the San Francisco Bay Area.
She works with other talented performer's in her performance troupe: "Bella Donna - Venetian Courtesans" founded in 2002 with Tara Rech. www.belladonna.50megs.com They are currently working on a new stage show including songs, dances, comedy and poetry called "A Courtesan's Arts"
She has taught several classes for the Guild, most recently "18th Century Hair and Make-up" at Costume Academy 2006 Another popular class was "Remake, Restyle, Re-model and Wow!" where students learned abou the history of the Jacket from the 18th century to the early 20th century, then transformed a thrift store jacket into an early 19th century "Spenser."
She was a Costume Judge at the 2002 and 2003 Great Dickens Christmas Faires and she has judged many costume competitions and masquerades in the San Francisco Bay Area.
She was the co-workshop coordinator with Lynne Taylor-Seavers of The Greater Bay Area Costumer's Guild in 2003, though she concentrated mostly on organising The "Movie Lover's" Sewing Circle and Costume Clinics.
She was the original concept creator for the Exhibit "Beautiful Darkness - Themes of Death, Magic and the Macabre in Clothing, Costume and Accessories" at Costume Con 12 in San Jose, California.
She is the Co-founder, former President and Vice President of The Greater Bay Area Costumer's Guild. For the first "Fairie Tale Masquerade Ball," she served as the concept creator, entertainment coordinator and house manager.
She performed as Mary Shelley at Romantic Poetry on the Lake for two years in San Francisco, California.
She curated "The Victorian Mourning Exhibition and Tea" at The Neptume Society Columbarium where she also performed "Dweller at the Gates of Silent Memory."
She won Best Individual Novice, Historical Recreation at Costume Con 8, for an Elizabethan Woman's Hunting or Riding Gown, and an Award in the Master Class for Special Handling of Materials for "Roxanne' from Cyrano de Bergerac, Widows of the Silver Screen," Costume Con 11 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. www.costume-con.org
She was a regular attendee at The Renaissance Pleasure Faire for 7 years, where she interacted and improvised frequently with participants.
She created "The Gentlemen's Society," "The Wake World- a Salon" and "The Poisoned Hour - A Dark Salon" and among other gatherings.
She was a featured Artist in the HugoAward nominated book "The Costume Maker's Art. "
Jwlhyfer majored in Performance Art at the San Francisco Art Institute. There, she wrote, directed and performed in "Theosomorphia; Danse Vampyresque," "Wolfbone," "Winter's Dream of White Roses," among other pieces.
She was a "special type" film extra for two years in Hollywood, California and worked in approximately 15 films and 3 music videos.
She has been singing since she was six, and has sung English Renaissance and British Isles Folk Music since 1987.
She has played the Irish Wire Strung harp for the past three years and is hoping to take up another instrument.
She seeks to explore character, emotion and personality through the medium of costume. Lately she's been excited about new ideas about the role of costume as a medium in installation involving clothing, the body and the conceptual in sculpture and live art.
Image by Deborah Hammond (copyright 1997)
