We are in Bolivia now, with a frail hold on the threads of telecommunication. What we do have here are magnificent textiles ... Jalq'a weaving woven by Marth Llampa A short dispatch, received from Charllotte reads: "I came to Bolivia for the Jalk'a weavings and have just viewed...

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Next week, award winning instructor Carol Soderlund arrives in Vancouver to teach the Dyeing to Discharge workshop. Discharge dyeing is an exciting technique that can give results with depth and vibrancy. It is invaluable to both film and theatre costume departments. Anyone with dyeing experience can get started...

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We've just put our latest podcast up. Part 2 In this presentation the panel consider the desire to go to remote distances, insurance against snow leopards, collections and collectors. Join Bappaditya Biswas (weaver and entrepreneur), Stephen Huyler (anthropologist, photographer, and writer), Linda Cortright, (journalist and magazine publisher), Charllotte...

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Sally Melville Book Signing We invite you to join us next Saturday October 23rd for a book signing event with Sally Melville. Many of you will know her from her series of workshops which are running this month. We are pleased to host a release event for this, her...

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A container has just arrived from India. 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 Singh, and many other items...

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Michel Garcia and Charllotte Kwon consider a pot of gallic tannin. Michel Garcia arrived from France a few days early for his two workshops; Secrets from the Dye Garden and Indigo the Organic Vat. What do you do while in the company of a knowledgeable chemist, botanist and one...

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