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September 2010 - the MAIWA BLOG

Eco Prints & Embroidered Illustrations

New to the store – two books. Eco Colour: botanical dyes for beautiful textiles. By India Flint. Designer, artist, writer, sheep farmer and self described occasional ragbag princess, India Flint was born in Melbourne and has lived in diverse locations from the Andamooka Opal Fields to rural Austrailia and...

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Adrienne Sloane reviews Vancouver

Adrienne Sloane, who was just in town teaching her Artful Knit: A Sculptural Approach workshop, has returned to her ...

Natural Dyes - Water

The Maiwa Guide to Natural Dyes What they are and how to use them Washing yardage at the Ajrakh blockprinting studio ...

Natural Dyes - Introduction

The Maiwa Guide to Natural Dyes What they are and how to use them Dyeing carpet wool with madder root in preparation ...

The Working Traveller - Part 1

We've just put our latest podcast up. Part 1 In this presentation the panel consider what it means to be a working ...

Mad Tea Party / Natural Dyes on Flickr

The Mad Hatter by John Tenniel  The Craft Council of BC (CCBC) will be hosting an Afternoon Tea Extraordinaire from ...

The Spinning Lexicon, Wild Colour Revised

The Spinner 1873 William-Adolphe Bouguereau Some of you linguaphiles may already know A Word A Day - The daily e-mail ...

Workshop Openings - The September Hotlist

MAIWA TEXTILE WORKSHOPS There are a few openings in the following workshops. Click on the title for full details or ...

Weaver Profile: Jane Stafford

We are on the eve of our 2010 workshop series. For the weaver's among us that means we get to welcome back Jane ...

September Arrivals at Maiwa East

A container has just arrived from India - we've unpacked it and started to polish the wood ... Handmade rakes from the ...