Anne-Theilke Grabow
She was born in Achim (near Bremen) in 1981 and has travelled the world extensively over the years. She has been living on La Palma since 2008.
She completed an apprenticeship in northern Germany straight after school and has since gained several years of experience in tailoring and design: she has specialised in tailor-made women’s clothing, with a focus on ecological textile production methods (in raw material cultivation / animal welfare) as well as colour and fabric processing.
Courses, information and orders here: www.annetheilke.com
Anne-Theilke Grabow completed her training as a professional tailor in Germany in 1999.
Anne-Theilke Grabow has been working as a freelance designer in the innovative textile sector since 2005.
OWNER & DESIGNER
She has been the owner of a boutique and studio since 2007.
She has been running OUTDOORCANARIAS since 2009. Outdoorcanarias is a sportswear shop that prioritises sportswear made with respectful, ecologically certified, environmentally friendly and Fairtrade production.
Over the years she has opened several shops in the Canary Islands and is also the owner of the boutique Musa:ic with an atelier specialising in haute couture and design from ecological textile production and circular fashion design.
This means that her own designs and the materials used in the boutiques are fairly traded, ecologically produced and certified, and the controlled breeding of organic animals is guaranteed.
AUTHOR – EDITION
In 2014, she wrote several unpublished books (children’s stories, travel and hiking maps, adventures)
Since 2021 she is writing a youth non-fiction book “FAST FASHION MINDFAK” about the global textile industry.
CULTURAL ORGANISATION & MUSICIAN
Member of the Banda Municipal de Música de Los Llanos de Aridane since 2019.
Founder, director and general coordinator of the Encuentro Internacional de Saxofón de La Palma event since 2020. She also plays baritone saxophone in the duo Annelyne, founded in 2020, and in the ensemble that gives concerts for the charity “Unas Notas de Esperanza” (also organised by the Encuentro de Saxofón La Palma).
Since 2021 at the event EiSaxional.
Since 2023 “SaxCulTour”: creation of the project to promote young students to facilitate their path to international networking, musical travel and training.
Also: on the board as treasurer of the Asociación Cultural Encuentro de Saxofón La Palma.
Born in Kinding in Bavaria, and after many years working in the field of adult education as a graduate mechanical engineer then emigrated and happy since 1994 on La Palma.
*Outdoor Photos with Anne : There are hardly any shots since ….Anne is personally the photographer of the team.