HAPPY HOLIDAYS As the year draws to a close we would like to send our warmest wishes to everyone. Enjoy your time with family, friends and companions. From the artisans we work with and everyone of us at Maiwa. Happy holidays. ...
INDIGO VAT PROJECT AND THE MAIWA GIFT CARD INDIGO VAT PROJECT Natural indigo is the famous blue dye used throughout India. The Maiwa Foundation is building infrastructure to encourage the use of natural indigo (derived from plants) rather than synthetic indigo (synthesized from petrochemicals). We are also encouraging...
Monday, December 17th – Monday, December 24th 10% OFF all Jewellery IN STORE Visit us at Maiwa on Granville Island in Vancouver 7 days a week between 10am and 7pm Over many years, Maiwa has travelled the world researching textile processes and the cultures that support them. During...
WORKSHOP OPENINGS! ITS NOT TOO LATE TO GET YOUR SPACE MAKE 2019 YOUR YEAR OF LEARNING A few spaces have become available after our opening rush. A workshop you were looking for may be available now. As of this posting there are spaces available in: p.p1 {margin: 0.0px...
VIEW THE 2019 SPRING WORKSHOPS LINE-UP The Maiwa School of Textiles is ready for our 2019 Spring Workshops registration day on Monday, December 10th beginning at 10am (PST). Click the button below to read everything you need to know to have a successful registration day. 2019 is looking...
GIFTED SCARVES and SHAWLS Monday, December 3rd – Sunday, December 9th 20% OFF all regular priced Scarves & Shawls IN STORE and ONLINE Visit us at Maiwa on Granville Island in Vancouver 7 days a week between 10am and 7pm Or online at maiwa.com PROMO CODE: WRAPMEUP2018 (Use...
GIFTED EMBROIDERY & LEATHERWORK Monday, November 26th – Sunday, December 2nd 20% OFF all regular priced embroidery & leather IN STORE and ONLINE Visit us at Maiwa on Granville Island in Vancouver 7 days a week between 10am and 7pm Or online at maiwa.com VISIT OUR EMBROIDERY COLLECTION...
GIFTED CLOTHING GIFTED ARTISANS Monday, November 19th – Sunday, November 25th 20% OFF all regular priced clothing IN STORE and ONLINE VISIT OUR CLOTHING COLLECTION ONLINE PROMO CODE: SLOWCLOTHES2018 (Use Promo Code at Online Checkout) Visit us at Maiwa on Granville Island in Vancouver 7 days a week...
Natural. Honest. Colour. Sizes from 30g up to 2.5 kg. Our large sizes are priced at wholesale rates so that all artisans can participate in the magic that natural dyes bring. ...
Kala Cotton featured in the Prana Dress and Ahilya Kimono Jacket Shown with: Holy Leather Day Bag, Handwoven Bhujodi Shawl, Ahilya Pant - Cream Dot. VISIT OUR KALA COTTON OUTFITS HERE THE KALA COTTON STORY Cotton grows naturally in India. Up until the 1750s two indigenous varieties predominated: Gossypium arboreum...
2018 REVIEWS OF LECTURES AND EVENTS MAIWA SCHOOL OF TEXTILES The 2018 Lecture and Event Series of the Maiwa School of Textiles has just concluded. It will be a year to remember. Here are reviews of the lectures and events. In many cases we have been able to...
On Saturday October 27th, 2018, Charllotte Kwon and Tim McLaughlin delivered the THREADS lecture — "Kinds of Blue: The Natural Indigo Revival." Each year the THREADS lecture presents some aspect of the work of the Maiwa Foundation. This year the lecture followed up Maiwa's presence at the 2017...
On October 25, 2018, Shunji Ohashi delivered his lecture "On The Mend: Traditional and Contemporary Japanese Boro." Shunji had just finished teaching the last day of his 4 day workshop and he claimed to be down to "1% of my power - very tired." Yet he still seemed...
On September 22nd, 2018, Charllotte Kwon delivered the closing plenary address to the 2018 Textile Society of America Symposium. Meghann O’Brien set the tone by delivered the keynote to open the symposium. It was three intense days of textile presentations and events. Charllotte addressed the 2018 theme: The Social...
Photo by Mercedes Jelinek, 2015. On October 23, 2018 Rachel Meginnes delivered her lecture "Striped Bare: Deconstructing Textiles and the Artistic Process." Rachel detailed her artistic career and talked about crucial moments and decisions. It was an honest and deeply-felt presentation with emphasis on how artistic motivation and...
