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March 2010 - the MAIWA BLOG

Three Ocelot Events with Angelina DeAntonis

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...

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Workshop: Artful Knit: A Sculptural Approach

2010 Maiwa Textile WorkshopsAdrienne Sloane$395 (Includes $60 Lab Fee) Four full daysSeptember 16 - 19 (Thu - Sun) ...

New Jewelry Arrivals

[Update: Many people have asked the selling price of these pieces. So here they are. 1) Necklace $400 2) Silver ropes ...

Workshop: Introduction to Dyes

2010 Maiwa Textile WorkshopsNatalie Grambow$195 (Includes $80 Lab Fee) One Evening and Two full daysSeptember 10 (Fri) ...

Workshop: Natural Dyes

2010 Maiwa Textile WorkshopsCharllotte Kwon$395 (Includes $100 Lab Fee) Four full daysSeptember 13 - 16 (Mon - Thu) ...

Natural Dyes on Eri Silk

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 ...

Eri Silk Assam: Harvest, Spin and Weave

Assam: Land of the Golden Silk - Part 7(Our 2008 visit to Assam in search of three types of silk.)An adult eri moth ...

New Arivals at Maiwa East

Maiwa East has just received it's first container of 2010. We've unpacked hundreds of items. After looking them over ...

15 Volumes of Natural Dye Books Discovered

A dusty cupboard in Kolkata belonging to the Botanical Survey of India recently yielded two historic discoveries: an ...

Henry VIII's Tapestries Revealed

Previously we posted some photos of tapestries from the Alcazar in Spain. We also quoted William Morris, who ...