Views from Andreas booth at the San Francisco Textile and Tribal Arts show where she was showcasing her collection of Peruvian fiesta embroideries among many other beautiful textiles. Also visiting the booth and taking in all the gorgeous textiles was her grandson Lucius.
A 1930’s chocolate box
“A few days ago I had a surprise reunion with a jacket I made more than forty years ago. It was during the short years I designed and fabricated custom clothes at Dakota Transit, in the East Village, New York. There were a few clients who always encouraged me to step forward: Ursula Flurer was one of these people. Known then as now for her mischievous grin and creative sparks, she assigned me the task of making a Lucky Strike jacket for her. I got carried away, but she was able to carry it off, regardless.”-Andrea Aranow
Who knew bugs could be so cute?
This lovely collection comes from a hand-painted, Chinese folio book and is part of a set with a matching scroll.
Andrea’s field photos of the Miao people taken in rural Southern China in the early 1980s.
“After two years of private testing and with millions of dollars from investors, including some celebrities in the art and technology worlds, ART.SY aims to do for visual art what Pandora did for music and Netflix for film: become a source of discovery, pleasure and education.”
Shibori from the Andrea Aranow Textile Archive. We have hundreds of examples of this magnificent technique.
Photos from Andrea’s summer trip to Colombia, clockwise from upper left: Cartagena wall art, a local Cartagena bus, the historic zone, the famous Bazurto Social Club; a local kitchen in Santa Ana, Bolivar; Valledupar and Pueblo Bello, Cesar.
Welcome to the Textile Archive.
A stack of vintage fabrics at Andrea Aranow’s archives — Andrea has been collecting fabrics all over the world for six decades, providing inspiration to every fashion house on god’s green earth, and building a truly stunning wealth of textiles. We have spent many hours softly patting stacks of perfectly folded fabric squares and gazing into the eyes of vintage Japanese futon fabric swatches as their hues shifted almost imperceptibly in the thin light allowed into Andrea’s studio. Stay tuned for an interview with Andrea about her life, the fashion world and her very beautiful obsession, coming soon.
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So nice of the friendly people of the Ace to post this. This photo was taken at our showroom in Portland @ Blue Rider Design.
During Andrea’s travels in Japan, she visited the Nishijin Weavers Co-op.
“I made a visit with a painter of yuzen kimono. You can see illustrated the dye tests for the cones of color he was applying and the curved bamboo sticks which maintain the tension during the painting of the design on the silk jacquard ground cloth.” -Andrea Aranow
The Yuzen dyeing technique was established during the Edo period (around 1700) It is a form of dyeing that uses a rice paste as a resist. It keeps the colors separated like a stencil. The dyeing technique is used mainly for elaborate kimono and takes months to create one kimono.
We are very excited to share some dye samples from Andrea’s last trip to Japan, one of several different examples of dye samples we have in the archive. Please see the above description of when this tradition originated and how the dye samples are used.
Thanks to all who made it out during the Portland mini-heatwave. We enjoyed having you all over. Andrea is now back in NYC after a busy week curating collections and showing off her new finds from her 2012 travels in Columbia, Japan, France, Belgium and Switzerland. Keep tuned in for some nice audio and visual content coming soon!
