News & Events

Now Available!  Anne Selby film "ARASHI SHIBORI - Pleating on Silk" - 45 minutes of techniques and tools. Click here to view Anne's new film trailer

Events 2011:

December

  • WORLD SHIBORI NETWORK INTERNATIONAL SHIBORI SYMPOSIUM - HONG KONG - Anne will be speaking at the Symposium, and showing her new film on Arashi Shibori.     
  • An article written by Anne on the process of making her film on Arashi Shibori has been posted on the SDA Newsblog. Click on the link to view.   http://www.surfacedesign.org/newsblog/how-i-made-a-video-about-arashi-shibori        

October

  • MARGO SELBY Wearable Art Sale - Anne's  work was included in an exhibition being held at Margo Selby's store, 4-11 Galen Place, London WC1A 2JR. This is likely to become a regular event to showcase   wearable art designed by British artists.

September

  • Origin - This took place for the second year at Spitalfields, in London, and was once again a great event for Anne. As well as making new connections with galleries to stock her work (including Edinburgh and London, details to be announced soon), Anne's work is featured by Hali Magazine, Cover, in their blog,       http://covermct.wordpress.com/    

August

  • Art in Action - For the third year, Anne demonstrated Arashi Shibori techniques at Art in Action. It was, as ever, a wonderful event, with well over 20,000 visitors, and no rain (at least, not during exhibtion hours). Anne's space this year was huge, so she was able to demonstrate both her machine and hand-wrapping techniques, and on the first day, a hot discharge process. Her new range of Organza ruffles were a huge success, as was the new film, just released, on shibori pleating.

July 

  

News:

  • We  exhibited the Compleat Arashi Shibori Wrapping Machine at Texprocess in Frankfurt, Germany in May 2011. 16,000 visitors came through the show, and we met many potential customers for the machine and the 'Designed By' range of pleated  silk scarves (see below for more about this).

 

  • Over the last 6 months, we have been investing time and resources in the installation of a workshop in Sri Lanka, where two of our machines are  being used by a team trained by Anne to make a 'Designed By' range of Arashi Shibori scarves. These are now available from the Grenville Room at the British Museum, where they have been selling extremely well. You can also order them direct from us - please call or email for details. Price £120, and four colourways available at present.

 

  • Anne Selby Ltd was  selected as one of only 15 finalist in the Born Global competition, a new initiative aimed at finding the best new exporting business in the South West, competing for a share in a £40,000 cash prize.   90 applicants  presented their work and business to a panel of experts during January and February. 30 shortlisted applicants were then whittled down to 15, and the final took place on March 1st. It was filmed by the BBC, and  was shown on Points West. We are proud to have participated and done so well.