Sheena Rees is an Irish-born designer who studied Textile Design at the National College of Art and Design (NCAD) in Dublin before moving to Australia, where she spent many years working in the textile industry, including with Designer Rugs in Sydney.

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Today, alongside her work in gallery administration, Sheena continues to explore her passion for pattern, texture, and surface design. She has long been inspired by dyeing techniques, particularly Shibori, the traditional Japanese art of resist dyeing, and is drawn to its celebration of texture, repetition, and transformation.

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Arís ( meaning begin again, new in Gaelic) began organically when Sheena noticed the many unfinished pottery pieces left behind in the studio and couldn't bear to see them go to waste. She began reimagining these abandoned works, hand-painting each one with patterns inspired by Shibori textiles.

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What started as a small creative experiment evolved into The Shibori Collection—a celebration of renewal, craftsmanship, and the beauty found in imperfection.

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Today, Sheena is also creating her own handcrafted ceramic pieces which are on display in the plinth , continuing to explore the relationship between pattern and form while expanding the Arís collection