Itajime dyed textiles by Angelina DeAntonisFRIDAY-SUNDAY JUNE 4-6, 2010Maiwa East, 1310 Odlum DriveVancouver, Canada 10:00 am - 4 pm $295 includes a $75 lab fee. Class limit 16In this workshop students will learn the clamp resist technique known as Itajime. Angelina DeAntonis has used this technique in her...
2010 Maiwa Textile WorkshopsAdrienne Sloane$395 (Includes $60 Lab Fee) Four full daysSeptember 16 - 19 (Thu - Sun) 10 am - 4 pmMaiwa Loft – Granville Island, Vancouver, BC, CanadaClass Limit 15Registration Opens June 21, 2010Explore contemporary knitting and expand your vision of what a little knitting can...
[Update: Many people have asked the selling price of these pieces. So here they are. 1) Necklace $400 2) Silver ropes $50 - $170 3) Bracelet $190 - $200 4) Classical-style necklace $560.]Over many years, Maiwa has travelled the world researching textile processes and the cultures that support...
2010 Maiwa Textile WorkshopsNatalie Grambow$195 (Includes $80 Lab Fee) One Evening and Two full daysSeptember 10 (Fri) 7pm - 10pmSeptember 11, 12 (Sat, Sun) 10am - 4pmMaiwa East – 1310 Odlum Drive, Vancouver, BC, CanadaClass Limit 14Registration Opens June 21, 2010This intensive three-day workshop is the perfect entry...
2010 Maiwa Textile WorkshopsCharllotte Kwon$395 (Includes $100 Lab Fee) Four full daysSeptember 13 - 16 (Mon - Thu) 10am - 4pmMaiwa East – 1310 Odlum Drive, Vancouver, BC, CanadaClass Limit 16Registration Opens June 21, 2010What magic does the dyer use to coax colour from nature? Throughout the world...
When we visited Assam in 2008 we brought back some eri silk to do natural dyes tests. Here is what we got and how we got it. 0) Natural colour of eri silk1) Alum 15% Cutch 50%2) Alum 15%, Marigold 20%, Madder 20%,3) Alum 15%, Marigold 20%, Madder...
Assam: Land of the Golden Silk - Part 7(Our 2008 visit to Assam in search of three types of silk.)An adult eri moth resting on netting and some of the cocoons. On the day we visited the eri silk farmers we also drove to a village where every...
Maiwa East has just received it's first container of 2010. We've unpacked hundreds of items. After looking them over we've taken photos of four special pieces to give you an idea of what has arrived. Each piece is unique. All have personality.1 ) Featured in the first photo...
A dusty cupboard in Kolkata belonging to the Botanical Survey of India recently yielded two historic discoveries: an 18-volume omnibus on Indian textiles by Forbes Watson and a 15-volume set on natural dyes by Thomas Wardle (pictured above). The 15 volume set made an immediate sensation in the...
Previously we posted some photos of tapestries from the Alcazar in Spain. We also quoted William Morris, who recommended (in 1889) that people look at the tapestries in Hampton court to see how natural dyes change (or persist) with time.Professor Chris Carr, Dr. Huw Owens and Ruth Perkins...
