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the MAIWA JOURNAL

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 ONLINE

VISIT OUR LEATHER COLLECTION ONLINE

PROMO CODE:
EMBROIDERY&LEATHERWORK
(Use Promo Code at Online Checkout)



We want to make your Holiday Season even brighter by offering you a special 20% off all regular priced embroidery and leather, both in store and online. Find the perfect accent to celebrate the season.

It is often said that embroidery is a language, a system of communicating through colour, pattern, stitch, and embellishment. Each embroidery is a unique creation of the woman who made it. No two are the same. We feature embroidery work done by 8 different groups based in India, all of whom exhibit a signature aesthetic.

Leatherwork from the Artisans Alliance of Jawaja. These pieces are completely hand-worked by skilled craftspeople from the stitched details to the burnished finish on the leather. Jawaja makes some of the most enduring items we have ever seen. Time adds subtlety, deepens personality, and bestows a heroic character on Jawaja leatherwork.



GIFTED
ARTISANS

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE EMBROIDERERS

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE LEATHER WORKERS



VISIT OUR EMBROIDERY COLLECTION ONLINE

VISIT OUR LEATHER COLLECTION ONLINE


PROMO CODE:
EMBROIDERY&LEATHERWORK

PLEASE NOTE: Enter the promo code at the CHECKOUT stage. If you are purchasing from a phone or tablet, you will need to click “Show order summary” (in blue text) to be shown the box to enter your promo code.


20% OFF all regular priced embroidery and leatherwork in the main MAIWA store on Granville Island and in the MAIWA ONLINE store ends at 11:59pm PST Sunday, December 2.




FEATURED GIFTS



VISIT A FEW OF OUR FAVOURITE THINGS HERE


We've hand selected some of our very favourite treasures as well as gift ideas that we love. The work of skilled artisans speaks through weave, stitch, pattern and colour — and adds a sense of purpose and meaning that lasts for years to come.

From one of a kind hand embroidered bags, to handwoven shawls, to the gift of giving a pink bike to a girl in India; making it easy for girls to get to school safely.



 Favourite things shown: Leather Carrier Bag - Tan, Natural Dye Kit, Honest Yarn - Laterite, Merchant & Mills Pattern - The Strand, Ajrakh Silk/Cotton Shawl - Madder & Indigo, Wood Block - Tree, Kachchh Embroidery Pakko Pouch - Pattern D


Monday, November 26, 2018 No comments
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 between 10am and 7pm
Or online at maiwa.com


We want to make your Holiday Season even brighter by offering you a special 20% off all regular priced clothing, both in store and online. Find the perfect outfit to celebrate the season. Give the gift of slow clothes. 

We are committed to exquisite, timeless, artisan-made clothing. Gifted artisans hold the threads of each step of production — from the farmers of natural dyes and fibres to the spinners, weavers, dyers, and block printers. 

There is so much passion poured into every design; every weave, every pattern, and process, that we can’t hide our excitement. Gifted clothing made by gifted artisans.


GIFTED
ARTISANS

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ARTISANS


VISIT OUR CLOTHING COLLECTION ONLINE


PROMO CODE: SLOWCLOTHES2018

PLEASE NOTE: Enter the promo code at the CHECKOUT stage. If you are purchasing from a phone or tablet, you will need to click “Show order summary” (in blue text) to be shown the box to enter your promo code.


20% OFF all regular priced clothing in the MAIWA store on Granville Island and in
the MAIWA ONLINE store ends at 11:59pm PST Sunday, November 25


FEATURED GIFTS

MAIWA'S KITS

You supply the creativity we supply the rest. These kits have everything that you, or someone on your list needs to start that next project.

From beginners to established makers, our kits are designed to encourage play and give you confidence in your craft.



Monday, November 19, 2018 No comments

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.
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 No comments
 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 (known as “tree cotton”) and gossypium herbaceum (known as Lavant cotton). Unlike conventional cotton, these varieties were native to the region and were well adapted to the climate. These fibres show up in textiles from the Kachchh region dating back thousands of years. 



More importantly, these local varieties were ecologically sustainable. They had adapted to low water requirements and extremely arid conditions. However, they did not integrate well with industrial machinery and so were neglected. Today these “old world” cottons are being revived and incorporated into handmade textiles where they are once again appreciated as the fibres that can be spun into the threads that make the most exquisite cotton cloth. 


Kala cotton. Now used in Maiwa clothing.

https://maiwa.com/collections/all-clothing
 Kala Cotton featured in the Ahilya Kimono Jacket
Shown with: Handwoven Deshi Wool Shawl,  Ahilya Pant - Ajrakh Dot.

Kala Cotton featured in the Ahilya Kimono Jacket
Shown with: Handwoven Deshi Wool Shawl, Kachch Embroidered Carry Bag, Ahilya Pant - Ajrakh Dot.



Maiwa's kala cotton is available at Maiwa on Granville Island
7 days a week between 10am and 7pm

And Online at maiwa.com
Wednesday, November 07, 2018 No comments

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 post the introductory comments. Thanks to each and every member of the Maiwa audience for your support. Speakers at the Maiwa School of Textiles always comment on the knowledge and enthusiasm of the audience.



Our Spring 2019 listings have just gone live. Registration for another incredible season of workshops opens on December 10, 2018 at 10am (pacific time). 



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