2009 Maiwa Textile SymposiumAn Exhibition of Cambodian IkatThe Institute for Khmer Traditional TextilesNo Charge - Please RSVPIntroduced by Morimoto Kikuo“In the past, villagers had only to reach out their hands to find lac nests or abundant plants to serve as materials for natural dyeing. The revival of the...

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2009 Maiwa Textile SymposiumAn Exhibition of Andean WeavingThe Center for Traditional Textiles of CuscoNo Charge - Please RSVPIntroduced by Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez“In today’s world, we take cloth for granted. We are surrounded by it from the time we get up and put on our clothes in the morning,...

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A collaboration between the Maiwa Foundation and Chai GalleryOne Night on the Silk RoadSunday July 5at 7:30 pmThe Chai Gallery above East is East 3239 West Broadway$35 includes the famous Chai Gallery Buffet of Indian and Afghan food.An exotic evening to support the Maiwa Foundation: Silent Auction, Door...

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When the dust settled we looked over our neatly organized stacks of registrations and found that there were still some empty spaces in a few classes - some of them in very choice workshops (Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez is visiting from Peru, Morimoto Kikuo is visiting from Cambodia, and...

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Things have been a bit quiet on the blog for the past few days. All our resources have been focused on one thing and one thing only - registrations for the 2009 symposium. It is a hopeful note in these drear economic times that the symposium has grown...

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Our latest podcast just went up.Part 2 - Question and AnswerGasali AdeyemoIn this lecture master craftsman Gasali Adeyemo fields questions from the audience about traditional techniques and about working in Africa and Santa Fe. Gasali concludes with a story about the role of clothing and cloth in life.Recorded...

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It is almost exactly one week until registration opens for the 2009 Maiwa Textile Symposium. We've put together a set of frequently asked questions (and answers). Maiwa has removed this content because it was out of date. ...

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The original book was published almost ten years ago. Since then WILD COLOUR has been an inspiration to those wanting to take the plunge - and start natural dyeing. It has also been a friendly and accessible reference to those who fire up the burners under the dye...

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Thursday June 25 - 7:30 pmThe Net Loft, Granville IslandTreenway Silks and Maiwa present:Woven SoulAn evening withKongthong Master weaver and founder ofPhaeng Mai Gallery, Vientianne, LaosDuring some of the most challenging years in Laos' history a widowed mother sent all four of her children to university - by...

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New to the store. Woad productsThe latin name for the woad plant, isatis tinctoria is derived from the greek "isadso" which means "cure." The leaves were often used in poultices throughout the regions where the plant grows. The greek physician Hippocrates (after whom doctors take the Hippocratic oath)...

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New to the store in June 2009During the Renaissance, woad from the Occitan region of France was considered to be the best in Europe. Exports went to London, Antwerp, Hamburg, Bilbao, and San Sabastien. The wealth that this dye brought in forged the legend of “Pays de Cocagne”...

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