Textile Hive: Bridging Generations & Interests
Presented by Caleb Sayan
Morning: Room 7
Evening: Auditorium
Global in scope, Textile Hive helps designers, educators, and students contextualize the history, techniques, and exquisite textiles found in the Andrea Aranow Textile Design Collection. Comprised of over 40,000 textiles — patterns, prints, weaves, needlework, lace, knits, and dying methods. Caleb Sayan, co-founder of Textile Hive and the son of Andrea Aranow, will discuss his experience working with the collection including the project to digitize and catalog the collection for online use. The talk will include hands-on time with samples from the collection as well as updates on the recent initiatives Portland Textile Month and the TextileXchange.