The Maiwa Guide to Natural Dyes What they are and how to use them Proper scouring is absolutely essential to good dyeing. Improperly scoured items do not dye evenly, the dye does not penetrate well, and the dyed item may not be fast. Most fibres come from nature...
Poinsettias at Maiwa East. It's mid day on the 24th of December, and we'd like to wish everyone all the best for the holiday season. Maiwa and Maiwa Supply on Granville Island will be closed on December 25th, 26th and on January 1st. Maiwa East will be closed...
The online edition of the Turkey Red Journal for Fall 2010 has a review of Charllotte Kwon's Natural Dye workshop. The workshop takes participants through the use of natural dyes on a variety of fibres. For an interesting read check out Elizabeth Smith's review. Share| var addthis_config =...
Make any gift unique with creative (and extremely easy) blockprinting. It is very good timing ... we have just received a new shipment of hand-carved wooden printing blocks from India. These are the same hardwood blocks that are used for the traditional Ajrakh and Dabu blockprinting techniques. They...
Organic cotton bedding. Naturally dyed and blockprinted by hand - transform a bed into a masterpiece. Available in all traditional bed sizes and also as pillow cases, napkins, tablecloths and cushion covers. We have the famous ajrakh prints and also patterns made by the dabu mud-resist process. Prices...
Maiwa has recently arrived back from a trip to Peru where we gave an indigo workshop, attended the Tinkuy gathering of weavers, and presented a workshop on marketing craft. While in Peru we placed a large order from the Centre for Traditional Textiles of Cusco (CTTC). That order has...
We've just put the first items in the store from a new Jawaja order. This order has taken over a year to complete - what it contains is amazing. New styles that push the boundaries of handmade design and the skills of the traditional leatherworkers of Jawaja. Come...
On Saturday November 27th, Kim Davis in a special to the Vancouver Sun featured an interview with Charllotte Kwon, founder of Maiwa Handprints. "Walking through any of the Maiwa Handprints stores is like stepping into a different world. Rich with layered colours and textures, a palatable sense of...
Just arrived in Maiwa Supply: a new shipment of 100% Qiviuk yarns and blends. 100% Qiviuk 50% Qiviuk ,50% Silk45 Qiviuk, 45 Merino, 10% Silk80% Merino 15 Qiviuk 5 % Silk100% Suri Alpacaand fibre fromQiviuk, Vicuna, and Alpacafor spinning from Be Sweet yarns,Looking very much like yarn sushi, or...
We have just brushed the dust off another shippment of furniture ... We receive containers on a regular basis holding old furniture, carved doors & thresholds, teak cabinets, coffee tables, book cases, engraved water urns, ironwork chairs and tables, furniture handpainted by the renowned Abhi Shakar and Jetu...
The Maiwa Guide to Natural Dyes What they are and how to use them Weight of Fibre. This straightforward concept is important enough to deserve its own post. All measures in dyeing are based on the dry weight of material to be dyed. This is known as the...
We've just put our latest podcast up. Part 3 In this presentation the panel consider the unique identity of stitches and weaves and their greatest travel disasters. Join Bappaditya Biswas (weaver and entrepreneur), Stephen Huyler (anthropologist, photographer, and writer), Linda Cortright, (journalist and magazine publisher), Charllotte Kwon (owner...
On November 8th we gave our second workshop. Nilda had requested that we present our experiences working with craftspeople in India. We expanded that mandate a bit to include other work with groups in Turkey, Morocco, and Ethiopia. At the Chinchero Centre we showed images of workshops, dyepots,...
