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July 2010 - the MAIWA BLOG

Midsummer's Eve

As you read this we'd like to let you in on a little secret. The people who do this blog are away from their computers and cameras right now - they don't even have a decent internet connection. They are probably on a sandy Gulf Island beach right...

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More Clothing has Arrived

Every week we get new arrivals from India of fabulous cotton and linen clothes. These are slow clothes and we've been ...

Retooling for the Future Part 2

We've just put up the second part of the Artisan's Alliance of Jawaja's presentation as a series of video files. We've ...

Bright young minds solve problems ...

In our previous post "Collaborating with UBC Engineers" we outlined three problems that would benefit from the type of ...

A Sad Goodbye to the Baba Tree

[Update: News of the Baba Tree's closing has spread and demand has gone up for the remaining stock. We do sell these ...

Natural Dye Extracts from Couleurs de Plantes

These extracts are the result of a collaborbation between Maiwa and the French natural-dye research team Couleurs de ...

Retooling for the Future Part 1

We've just put the first part of the Artisan's Alliance of Jawaja presentation up as a series of videos. Usually we ...

The Art of Beautiful Buttons

We have just added a new collection of buttons to our online store.These buttons are hand-carved by Nepalese ...

The Blue Journeys of Thomas Machell

When we think about Indigo we think about Jenny Balfour-Paul, author of the British Library publication Indigo. But ...