HANDWOVEN SELVEDGE These garments are designed to take advantage of the unique character of handwoven selvedge. Cloth made by hand on a loom has an edge which simply does not exist with mill made yardage. We have designed around this and made it a feature of our clothing....
PRECISION DYEING WITH POWER AND CONTROL FEATURED WORKSHOP NEUTRAL TERRITORY WITH CAROL SODERLUND Emotional power in colour comes from the over and undertones achieved in dyeing. As every painter knows, blacks and greys contain a wealth of colour information that, like music, can create harmony or dissonance with...
Sophena Kwon demonstrates shibori techniques with master ajrakh block printers Jabbar and Adam Khatri. On Saturday September 23rd Sophena Kwon presented a very special version of her enormously successful Indigo Social. In addition to the shaped resist techniques taught by Sophena, each participant received a square of cloth...
Master craftsmen Jabbar and Adam Khatri demonstrated the art of ajrakh in front of a full house at the Maiwa East exhibition space on September 16, 2017. The evening was introduced by Charllotte Kwon. Jabbar Khatri plotting the lines of a new piece. The Khatris have been taking...
Traditional block printers Jabbar and Adam Khatri took a rapt audience through the history and development of their craft. It was one of those evenings when one feels privileged to be part of a larger world - in this case that world is printed on cloth using hand-carved...
Inspired by our Strange Society was the apt title of the lecture given by Dutch embroidery artist Tilleke Schwarz on September 12th. Tilleke's return to Vancouver was welcomed by a full house. THe audience were not disappointed as Tilleke presented a wide-ranging survey of her work and inspiration...
Mo Kelman brought the audience along on a journey of artistic discovery on September 7th. It was, to quote a surrealist inspiration, as beautiful as the chance juxtaposition of a sewing machine and an umbrella on a dissecting table. Mo is known for her skeletal frameworks which are suspended...
Sara Goodman (left) and Mary Zicafoose (right) with the Goodweave Project. On Wednesday September 6th Sara Goodman and Mary Zicafoose presented a joint lecture titled Woven symbols Global Patterns. It was a brilliant opening to the 2017 lecture series. Sara spoke about the GoodWeave Foundation and the remarkable...
NEW SILK AJRAKH SHAWLS IN STORE AND ONLINE VISIT THE COLLECTION HERE Ajrakh is the name of a cloth that has been blockprinted in the traditional method using natural dyes such as indigo, madder, and pomegranate. The ajrakh process is a long one, involving several steps of washing...
Natural. Honest. Colour. It's time to stock up for the artisan and craft fair season! Sizes from 30g up to 2.5kg. Our large sizes are priced at wholesale rates so that all artisans can participate in the magic that natural dyes bring. Visit Our Collection of Natural Dyes...
