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2013 - the MAIWA BLOG

Maiwa Holiday Hours

Maiwa East is open a few extra days before Christmas.  Monday December 23, 10 - 5 Tuesday December 24, 10 - 4 Friday December 27: Open 10 - 5 Saturday December 28: Open 10 - 5 Sunday December 29: Open 11 - 5 Maiwa East will reopen January...

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Wild silks in Odisha

A weaver in Odisha winds tussar silk off the bobbins to prepare a warp for the loom. Many areas in Odisha (formerly ...

Maiwa on the Road - Karnataka

Banjara women among the sunflowers. Team Maiwa is in Southern India at the moment doing some research on the Banjara ...

Review - Off the Road in Bangladesh

Last night (October 24) was the concluding event of the Maiwa Textile Symposium. New this year is a lecture/event that ...

Review - The Sylvan Spirit

On Tuesday October 22nd Lorraine Roy delivered her lecture, The Sylvan Spirit. It was a walk in the woods with a ...

Review - The Plainweave Thread

On Wednesday October 16th, Rachel Meginnes delivered her lecture - "The Plainweave Thread." The audience was ...

Review - Journeys and Traces

On Tuesday October 15, Akemi Nakano Cohn delivered her lecture - Journeys and Traces: Art and Life through Katagami ...

Maiwa East Reclaims the Past

Our furniture - where it comes from - how it's made. Presenting a short video showing the origins of some of the Maiwa ...

Review - Down the Mountain

On Wednesday night a full house listened to stories of life and art as Bryan Whitehead presented Down the Mountain - ...

Review - Brian Whitehead Exhibition

Brian Whitehead's exhibition opened on Friday night at the Silk Weaving Studio. The show featured works dyed with ...

Review - Islamic Textiles

Saturday night John Gillow presented a detailed and story-filled account of his travels in the Islamic world. It was a ...

Review - African Textiles

Thursday night the Maiwa Symposium was proud to welcome back international traveller, textile dealer, explorer and ...

This Friday - Bryan Whitehead Exhibition Opening

The first event of the Maiwa Textile Symposium - Bryan Whitehead's exhibition opening. Join us this Friday September ...

Review - India Flint: The Peripatetic Alchemist - Travels With a Dyepot

India Flint spoke to a capacity crowd on Thursday night as she took the audience through some impressive ways to get ...

Review: Adrienne Sloane - Unravelling Political Knitting

Last night Adrienne Sloane took the symposium through a history of knitting with intent. From helping the war effort ...

Review - There's a Plant I'd Like You to Meet

Thursday night Michel Garcia opened the 2013 Maiwa Textile Symposium lecture series with a talk about the remarkable ...

Natural Dyes - Indigo, The Ferrous Vat

The Maiwa Guide to Natural Dyes What they are and how to use them This This is the last vat recipe in our series "The ...

Natural Dyes on Salt Spring - Day 3

This is our last day of our natural dye workshop at Jane Stafford Textiles. It is the day when we teach indigo. Indigo ...