MAIWA'S

LAUNDERED LINEN YARDAGE

Regular Price $39.95/m

30% OFF

LAUNDERED LINEN

IN STORE ONLY

AT MAIWA SUPPLY ON GRANVILLE ISLAND

Thursday February 6 – Sunday, February 9, 2020

Nothing has the hand, the drape, and the buttery feeling of laundered linen. Nothing. Now you can get as much of this incredible cloth as you like — with Maiwa's laundered linen yardage. 

Start your next project with the best of materials. To introduce you to this wonderful fabric we are offering it at 30% off. Only for four days and only at Maiwa Supply on Granville Island.

VISIT US IN STORE ON GRANVILLE ISLAND AND RECEIVE 30% OFF

OUR LAUNDERED LINEN

This dress was made from Maiwa's "Terracotta" laundered linen. Linen produced and woven in Eastern Europe. Laundered several times in a chemical-free laundering process to give it a soft, beautiful hand.

The "Ellis & Hattie" pattern is from Merchant & Mills. Available in Maiwa Supply and online at maiwa.com.

Our  Laundered Linen Yardage is available at:

Maiwa Supply on Granville Island 7 days a week between 10am and 6pm (Winter Hours)

and online at maiwa.com

Hooked rug by Nadine Flagel. Nadine is teaching the Creative Rug Hooking workshop March 6-8.

The aromatic steam that rises into the air from the dyepot, especially when working outside on a cool morning, is one of the most compelling aspects of the dyer’s studio. Indeed, working with natural colour is such a sensual experience that many artisans work with natural dyestuff for the sheer pleasure of making the vat. The saturated colours of the immersed materials are also highly photogenic—as is the entire dyeing process.

SEE OUR COMPLETE NATURAL DYE SELECTION

MAIWA'S NATURAL DYES

Artisans who use natural dyes have a direct connection with their materials.

Each dye is a doorway to a world of colour.

Put colour on cloth with ...

leaves — indigo and henna,

woods — logwood and osage,

roots — madder and alkanet, 

flowers — chamomile and marigold,

fruits and nuts — walnut, myrobalan, and pomegranate,

insects — cochineal and lac,

minerals — alum and iron,

These are just some of the classic materials that have been used to give strong, fast colour for thousands of years.

NATURAL COLOUR  &  MAIWA'S BLANKS

Natural fibres provide the best surface to receive natural dyes. Above are a few of our new Honest Yarns Undyed.  They are beautiful on their own - but they are also thirsty for the beautiful tones that only natural dyes can give. Discounted prices for packs of five and ten. 

(We stock the multiples at Maiwa East. If you would like them at Maiwa Supply,

please order them online and choose in-store-pickup at Maiwa Supply)

SEE ALL OUR UNDYED YARNS

Blank surfaces give you everything you need to explore technique, pattern, and colour. Opportunity is a white cloth on your studio table.

Like our dyes and yarns, our blanks are priced at discounted rates for multiples.

SEE ALL OUR BLANKS

Visit us at Maiwa on Granville Island in Vancouver

7 days a week between 10am and 6pm (Winter Hours)

FLASH SALE!

20% OFF EVERYTHING!

INCLUDING ALL CLOTHING AND BEDDING

IN STORE ONLY 

In Maiwa & Maiwa Supply on Granville Island

Thursday, January 23rd — Sunday, January 26th, 2020

Have you had your eye on something in the Maiwa Stores? A handwoven shawl perhaps? Maybe an exquisite Maiwa garment? Or some of the leatherwork from the legendary Artisan's Alliance of Jawaja? Or — if you are an artisan yourself, perhaps you have been waiting for a chance to build your stash or stock up your natural dye cupboard. 

Now is the time. Visit us on Granville Island between January 23rd and 26th and receive 20% off.

Visit us at Maiwa on Granville Island in Vancouver

7 days a week between 10am and 6pm (Winter Hours)

Cannot be combined with other discounts or special offers.

Cannot be applied to previously purchased items.

Deshi Wool Shawl with Pom Poms in Blue

MAIWA ON GRANVILLE ISLAND

IT'S LIKE A TEXTILE GALLERY WITH A NEW SHOW EVERY DAY.

Our Granville Island store carries many things that you won't find online.

It is the nature of much artisan work that each piece is unique. For this reason our physical store carries a wealth of items that you won't find anywhere else. 

Wrap yourself in a beautiful feeling — warm winter shawls from Maiwa. 

Visit our Shawl Collection Here

Wool Bhandani Shawl - Burgundy Geometric

Wool Bhandani Shawl - Blue Geometric

These shawls showcase the immense creativity that artisans have taken in approaching every aspect of the shawl. Right from the moment the spinner grasps multiple fibres between her fingers and begins to work with them there is an excitement and joy in creating. That spark is captured in fibre choices (including wild silks) weaving construction (including supplemental wefts) and finishing (including stitching narrow weaves together). 

These shawls are as versatile as they are beautiful — wrapped around you to stay warm, or even spread on a bed or sofa to showcase creativity and skill.

Wool Bhandani Shawl - Black

Wool Bhandani Shawl - Black Double Dot

Wool Bhandani Shawl - Blue

Ajrakh Wool Shawl - Lac & Indigo

Deshi Wool Shawl with Pom Poms in Natural White

MEET THE ARTISANS

These shawls are created by a number of artisan communities in the Kutch Desert of India where generations of skill and mastery are passed down in the spinning of the threads, the warping of the looms and the weaving of the cloth.

2019 FOUNDATION

TEACHING NATURAL DYES IN BENGAL

We continue to work with a natural dye revival in Bengal. Regular readers will know that following the 2017 Indigo Sutra conference, Maiwa taught workshops in rural Bengal. To get artisans up and running with natural dyes they need orders. As 2019 unfolded, those orders started to arrive. We will unfurl the cloth, check the weave and dyeing and then think about how this magnificent cloth can be used. 

Read about the Bengal Workshops in our series of blog posts.

Maiwa was pleased to provide some of the natural dye samples that will be on display at the Royal Ontario Museum's upcoming show: The Cloth that Changed the World: India's Painted and Printed Cottons. The exhibition opens in April 2020 and runs until September 2020. A few of our images have been used in the accompanying book. The book is a magnificent production edited by Sarah Fee (Senior curator of Eastern Hemisphere fashion and textiles at the Royal Ontario Museum.) The book is now available for pre-order. 

2019 ENGAGEMENT

GIBSONS PUBLIC ART GALLERY

Charllotte Kwon delivered a talk at the Gibsons Public Library on the Sunshine Coast. It was her Slow Clothes lecture in which she argues for ways to put value and meaning back into our textiles and the ways we make them.

The 2019 Lecture and Event Series included a number of international artisans. We had five outstanding individuals from India including father & son, Jabbar and Adam Khatri. brothers Abdullah and Jabbar Khatri, and famed weaver Shamji Vankar. We also hosted a special event by India Flint, and provocative lectures by Meghann O'Brien,  Anna Heywood-Jones, and Tim McLaughlin. The annual Threads Lecture was delivered by Charllotte Kwon and Tim McLaughlin.

SEE ALL REVIEWS HERE

MAIWA'S FABRICS

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IT'S 2020 – START SOMETHING NEW!

WHAT WILL YOU BEGIN THIS YEAR?

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MAIWA'S NATURAL DYES

MAIWA'S BLANK TEXTILES

MAIWA'S HONEST YARN

ENDLESS SUPPLIES

KITS

MAIWA'S NATURAL INDIGO

BOOKS