Assam: Land of the Golden Silk - Part 2(Our 2008 visit to Assam in search of three types of silk)In India it comes from Antheraea mylitta. We've gone with the spelling "Tussar" but you'll also find Tussah, Tusseh, Tasar, Tussore, Tusser etc. Dr. John Feltwell in his book...
Assam: Land of the Golden Silk - Part 1 (Our 2008 visit to Assam in search of three types of silk) Assam is known to ...
It is early afternoon on the 24th of December. Here in the Maiwa Loft, the rush of our morning meetings is over and we ...
IntroductionThe nature of our work takes us far away from our Vancouver home. But we are enthusiastic travellers ...
If you're a regular Maiwa customer you may have a couple of theses coupons squirreled away somewhere. If so, this is ...
Our reviews of the symposium events concludes with this post on the Wrap Party. Our auctions have become something of ...
Our latest video podcast just went up.Part 2 -Presentation, Question & AnswerAshoke ChatterjeeIn part two, Ashoke ...
Bhole Khan - Master BlockcutterOctober 14, 1948 - November 26, 2009We are sad to relate the passing of artisan, master ...
[Update: Loon Lake is about an hour outside of Vancouver. Directions are here.]Vancouver Guild of Fibre Arts presents ...
Anyone who has lost a set of keys probably knows about the TB Vets KeyTag Service. (Add a tag to your ring and if you ...
We have just received a shipment at Maiwa East of over 30 DOGAG carpets. The order contains both luxurious pile ...
Our latest video podcast just went up.Part 1 - Introduction & PresentationAshoke ChatterjeeIn part one Charllotte Kwon ...
During the 2007 symposium one of the highlights was Elizabeth Barber's lecture on the Urumchi mummies. This year we ...
Representatives from the Artisans Alliance of Jawaja were invited to Canada to participate in the 2009 Maiwa Textile ...
[Update. The presentation is now available online as a PDF. It may be downloaded directly here.]On Tuesday October ...
CRACKERJACK 2009 - one of the North Shore's premier fine craft shows, has found a new home at The Music Box and Silk ...
On October 25th, Bappa (Bappaditya) Biswas delivered his lecture When we work with Weavers. He described his childhood ...
Slow clothes are a journey in the making. Tonight we will showcase four compass points on that journey. Each maker ...
October 23rd was the rehearsal. The stylists were styling, the band was rehearsing, the dancers were dancing, the ...
