Thursday night was the opening of A Common Thread: Textiles from Stó:lō, South Asian & Mennonite Communities. Ralli quilts from the Maiwa Collection were on display beside quilted works from the Mennonite community and weavings from the Stó:lō. The Reach Gallery did a wonderful job hanging the works...
With September came the news that the blockprinters of Dhamadka and Ajrakhpur have finalized the purchase of their new land. In the spring of 2009 the Maiwa Foundation organized a series of fundraising auctions to provide capital for the new purchase. The site of the former blockprinting studios...
Our latest video podcast just went up.Part 3 - ConclusionRosemary CrillRosemary Crill explores "the cotton road", sibling to the well known silk road but largely dominated by India's traffic in cotton textiles. In part three Rosemary Crill explores India's trade with the west as the focus shifted from...
The new issue has just hit the stands and we are proud to be part of it. This issue contains the story of our journey to Assam in the fall of 2008 that led to the Maiwa Foundation teaching a natural dye workshop in 2009. Wild Fibers has...
Maiwa is participating in an exhibition of quiltworks at The Reach Gallery Museum in Abbotsford. Ralli Quilts are on loan from the Maiwa Collection and Charllotte Kwon will speak at the opening reception on September 24th. Here is the full press release from The Reach Gallery.A Common Thread:...
Today we dye with indigo. As usual it is a magical and transforming experience. And as usual everything that can be put into a dyevat is usually blue by the end of the day. This is the moment when the students who may have been hanging back come...
We are always a little worried as the second day begins. Will the artisans return? Working in different languages makes it difficult to know how much has been understood, and there are substantial pressures on these artisans for their time. When we planned the workshop we wanted to...
On the morning of the first day the students arrive. Everyone who is registered for the course receives an apron. This is mainly so we can identify the students and distinguish between the students and interested onlookers. The students will participate; but everyone in the village – down...
At Maiwa we very much admire the approach of the Norwegian company Oleana."Oleana started in 1992 in the hopes of creating new jobs in the textile industry in Norway. Most of Western Europe's production has been moved to countries with far cheaper labour, but we wanted to show...
We arrived in Assam in the morning. For this workshop our team consists of two: Charllotte and Shirley. It is an exciting time and we are anxious to see the dyeing set-up. The jeep heads in the opposite direction however, where a substantial opening reception and official welcome...
