Ainsley Van Hook is a textile and fiber artist and educator from Portland, OR. Often she is weaving handwoven fabric, knitting sweaters, sewing, and dyeing yarns and fabric from her dye garden. Ainsley enjoys blending her personal art practice into her teaching style, fostering a space of open curiosity, storytelling, and joy. Ainsley is a 2026 MFA graduate in Visual Studies from Pacific Northwest College of Art and began working at Fiber Rhythm in the Fall of 2024.