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June 2009 - the MAIWA BLOG

An Exhibition of Cambodian Ikat

2009 Maiwa Textile SymposiumAn Exhibition of Cambodian IkatThe Institute for Khmer Traditional TextilesNo Charge - Please RSVPIntroduced by Morimoto Kikuo“In the past, villagers had only to reach out their hands to find lac nests or abundant plants to serve as materials for natural dyeing. The revival of the...

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An Exhibition of Andean Weaving

2009 Maiwa Textile SymposiumAn Exhibition of Andean WeavingThe Center for Traditional Textiles of CuscoNo Charge - ...

Chai Gallery - One Night on the Silk Road

A collaboration between the Maiwa Foundation and Chai GalleryOne Night on the Silk RoadSunday July 5at 7:30 pmThe Chai ...

Workshop Openings

When the dust settled we looked over our neatly organized stacks of registrations and found that there were still some ...

Symposium 2009 - The Gates Open

Things have been a bit quiet on the blog for the past few days. All our resources have been focused on one thing and ...

African Textiles: The Heart of the Yoruba - Part 2

Our latest podcast just went up.Part 2 - Question and AnswerGasali AdeyemoIn this lecture master craftsman Gasali ...

Tips for 2009 Symposium Registration

It is almost exactly one week until registration opens for the 2009 Maiwa Textile Symposium. We've put together a set ...

Jenny Dean's Wild Colour

The original book was published almost ten years ago. Since then WILD COLOUR has been an inspiration to those wanting ...

Visiting Master Weaver from Laos

Thursday June 25 - 7:30 pmThe Net Loft, Granville IslandTreenway Silks and Maiwa present:Woven SoulAn evening ...

Woad - Graine de pastel

New to the store. Woad productsThe latin name for the woad plant, isatis tinctoria is derived from the greek "isadso" ...

Woad - Natural Dye

New to the store in June 2009During the Renaissance, woad from the Occitan region of France was considered to be the ...