It's the Final Week of Simple Gifts!

Simple Gifts Week 4 is Here Visit MAIWA on Granville Island in Vancouver December 19-23 from 10am to 7pm and December 24 10am to 5pm and receive 20% off all scarves and shawls purchased in store. For yourself or someone on your list. Discount does not apply to...

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Spring Workshops - Registration is Now Open

Registration is now open for the 2017 SPRING WORKSHOPS Maiwa School of Textiles We have launched our most ambitious spring session yet, led by the best local and international instructors. All the workshops listed below have spaces as of this posting, but we don't expect them to last...

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20% Off All Bags, Wallets & Pouches

The Third Week of Simple Gifts is Here Visit MAIWA on Granville Island in Vancouver December 12th - December 18th, 2016 between 10am and 7pm and receive 20% off all bags, wallets, and pouches purchased in store. Discount does not apply to previously purchased items. This discount cannot...

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20% Off All Embroidery - Simple Gifts Week 2

THE SECOND WEEK OF SIMPLE GIFTS IS ON NOW Visit MAIWA on Granville Island in Vancouver December 5 - December 11, 2016 between 10am and 7pm and receive 20% off all embroidery purchased in store. Discount does not apply to previously purchased items. This discount cannot be combined...

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20% Off All Clothing - Simple Gifts Week 1

 THE FIRST WEEK OF SIMPLE GIFTS BEGINS! Visit MAIWA on Granville Island in Vancouver November 28 - December 4, 2016 between 10am and 7pm and receive 20% off all clothing purchased in store. For yourself or someone on your list. Discount does not apply to previously purchased items....

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2017 Spring Registration is Almost Here!

39 WORKSHOPS LED BY TOP ARTISANS & CRAFTSPEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD Registration Opens December 12th at 10am Learn to Knit Knitting: Basics & Beyond Pure Substance: Unpredictable Pattern Garment Construction for the Textile Designer Works on Canvas Elements of Design Couture Hand-Sewing Silkscreen Printing Soapmaking with Natural...

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Return to the Banjara – Madhya Pradesh

Maiwa is on the road travelling through Madhya Pradesh right now. One of the goals of this trip is to return to Banjara villages where we photographed people, examined their textiles and interviewed them about Banjara culture. As we do we are giving copies of the book back...

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Maiwa on the Road - Giving Back

Maiwa is on the road again. We are in India working on a rather epic journey that will take us to both coasts and down the lower two thirds of the subcontinent. On this trip one of our goals is to give copies of our book Textiles of...

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Review - Final Lecture of the 2016 Symposium

October 19th was the final lecture of the 2016 series. Traditionally the last lecture is the Threads lecture - a chance to talk about the work of the Maiwa Foundation and to raise money for the Foundation's work. The evening concluded a trio of events about the Banjara....

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Textiles of the Banjara in The World of Interiors

The World of Interiors is one of our go-to magazines for inspiration in textiles, arts, and culture. So we were quite proud to see that noted author and anthropologist Nigel Barley reviewed our latest book Textiles of the Banjara. The review is on page 100 in the October 2016...

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Maiwa 2017 Spring Workhops — The List is Out!

Next week these will be mailed out to everyone. It's the course catalogue for our 2017 Spring Workshops, and it contains a formidable roster of great courses — with one or two surprises. Can't wait for the mail? Not to worry, we've put everything online at schooloftextiles.com  Registration...

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Granville Island - Help plan for 2040 on October 15th.

Maiwa has two stores on Granville Island. We are proud to call Granville Island the "artisan heart of Vancouver'. There are big changes on the horizon and Granville Island is asking for public input. The Maiwa community has been active on Granville Island for over thirty years. This...

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Amy Putansu Wakes the Divine

On October 4th Amy Putansu took the Maiwa audience through a meditative consideration of her weaving. With reference to the work of such artists as Agnes Martin and Mark Rothko, Amy outlined her motivation and her desire to create within a minimalist aesthetic. Two days later on October...

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EARTH&WEAR - its about to happen...

Maiwa is participating in  EARTH&WEAR A one-night event happening Tuesday September 27 7-10pm  The Gallery of BC Ceramics, 1359 Cartwright St Granville Island, Vancouver, Canada Fashion & Clay See you there! ...

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BANJARA - photos from the opening.

For our readers who live too far away to visit our new exhibition. Here are some photographs taken during opening night. The show remains up in the North end of the Monte Clark Gallery until October 1, 2016. The pop up shop and the Monte Clark Gallery are...

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Cat Bordhi Interview by C. Labonte-Smith

2016 marks the first year that we have had Cat Bordhi teach at the Maiwa School of Textiles. Cat's reputation precedes her. She is a bit of a legend in the knitting world for her rethinking the architecture of knitting and her whole hearted dedication to the craft....

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Rosemary Crill Presents Curating the Fabric of India

Rosemary Crill speaking at the Maiwa School of Textiles In Victorian England, during the heady summer of 1851, an estimated six-million people visited the “Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations” (better known as the Great Exhibition) under the vitreous rooftops of the Crystal Palace,...

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Opening of BANJARA - Monte Clark Gallery

Meet the Banjara through image and stitch. OPENING NIGHT Thursday September 22, 6-9pm Free Admission Exhibition runs until October 1, 2016 MONTE CLARK GALLERY #105 - 525 Great Northern Way, Vancouver, BC, Canada. BANJARA is an exhibition of photography and textiles focusing on the semi-nomadic Banjara tribe of...

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Jenny Balfour Paul - Deeper than Indigo

Jenny Balfour Paul with the manuscripts of Thomas Machell - Photo Tim McLaughlin Last night Jenny Balfour Paul took the audience through a crash course in the wonder of indigo. She then proceeded to an in-depth tour of the life of Thomas Machell and its strange and often...

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EARTH & WEAR - Tuesday, September 27th

Maiwa Handprints | Devil May Wear | The Gallery of BC Ceramics present EARTH&WEAR A combination of some of the most beautiful and evocative artisan-made objects. Join us: Tuesday September 27, 2016 7-10pm at The Gallery of BC Ceramics 1359 Cartwright St. Granville Island, Vancouver, Canada Click for...

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Christine Mauersberger delivers a Stitch in Time

On September 14th Christine Mauersberger delivered her lecture A Stitch in Time. From the influence of family and a desire to work in the fibre arts to her many commissions and installations. Her lecture came at the conclusion of two workshops that left students inspired and hungry for...

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India Flint opens the 2016 Maiwa School of Textiles Symposium

Being (t)here with India Flint Ochres, leaves, string, bundles, landscapes, maps ... the intimate territory of pattern. All were touched upon in India Flint's opening lecture: "being (t)here." India introduced us to her muse and explained how she is constantly making and exploring; regardless of whether she is...

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Maiwa Supply: Welcome back to the Source

Welcome back to the source—Maiwa Supply Maiwa Supply on Granville Island has just finished renovations. We have reopened and are ready to welcome you. Natural dyes, fabric paints, yardage, silkscreen supplies, brushes, yarns, books, everything you need to get creative with textiles and the fibre arts. We are...

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We're in Selvedge Magazine!

We just cracked the packing tape on our box of Selvedge Magazine #72. We were delighted to find Sonia Ashmore's review of our book in the "READ" section. Her review begins with the line: "This book should be required reading for anyone who does not consider that textiles...

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Revisiting A Quiet Manifesto

Thirty years ago Charllotte Kwon formed a company and opened a shop. The shop was located in a new community of artisans that had formed on Granville Island. The Island, through its concentration of fine artists, printers, bookbinders, papermakers, potters, theatres, retailers, students, and industry, redefined itself as...

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Inside the MasterMind of Pattern

Describing Jane Callender, Selvedge Magazine has said, "her attention to detail, the exactness of her application, and the control of her materials and techniques have resulted in richly decorative works of extraordinary refinement." Indeed, given the growing popularity of indigo and shibori resist techniques, the work of Jane Callender...

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