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September 2014 - the MAIWA BLOG

Review - Threads: The Art and Life of Surayia Rahman

On September 25th we welcomed director Cathy Stevulak to present her documentary Threads: The Art and Life of Surayia Rahman. Surayia is an artist who is driven to create: from painting and sketching to working with embroiderers in the tradition of Nakshi kantha tapestry. Threads is a documentary about...

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Review - Animating Pattern

On September 23rd, Jane Callender delivered ler lecture "Animating Pattern" it was Jane's second time presenting at ...

Featured Workshop: African Indigo - Adire and Tie Dye

FEATURED ARTISAN and WORKSHOP ADIRE and TIE DIE with GASALI ADEYEMO "Indigo is very powerful" muses Gasali Onireke ...

Review - Pretty Deadly

Michael Brennand-Wood giving his lecture "Pretty Deadly." Last night (September 17) was Pretty Deadly. Michael ...

Review - Return To The Illustrated Stitch

Janet Bolton On September 12 Janet Bolton returned to the Maiwa Textile Symposium to talk about her life and art ...

Lock Up Something Special

Artisan Made Locks Handcrafted security Maiwa East has just received a collection of handmade brass and iron locks ...

Review - Art Quilt Maps

Valerie Goodwin On Monday September 8, the Maiwa Textile Symposium welcomed Valerie Goodwin to Vancouver. Valerie is ...

Review - Beyond Tradition

Diana Sanderson of the Silk Weaving Studio introducing the evening. On Thursday Sept 4, Professor Masayoshi Ohashi ...

Review - The Legendary Nuno Corporation

In a post-industrial world where cloth and its manufacture are so ubiquitous as to be almost invisible, we hope to ...

Water Carries Colour, Water Waves Air

Water Carries Colour, Water Waves Air  Reiko Sudo of Nuno Corporation  and  Prof. Masayoshi Ohashi,  Tokyo Zokei ...