Andreya von Waldenfels-Marks, director of ANDREYA MARKS DESIGNS, grew up as a baroness in the post World War II era in Western Germany, where her father was head of family owned spinning and weaving mills. Following the tradition of her family, she travelled Europe and the Orient learning about ethnic cloth and their applied structures and methods of weaving.

She learned to weave in Mendocino, California in 1977, and took to it with a passion that has not stopped since, improving her designs and techniques in the years that have followed. she weaves on 16 harness AVL dobby looms, the Mercedes of looms, hand crafted in Northern California.

Chenille, which brings a mixture of European elegance and modern design to a weave, has become her favorite fabric. Yet, she does not shy away from cashmere to bring luxury into her fabulous blankets.

Andreya lives at the moment in Santa Barbara where she devotes herself to teaching yoga to private individuals in need of encouragement and meaning of life.