the MAIWA BLOG: September 2018

Tuesday, September 25, 2018 No comments

Thursday, September 20, 2018 No comments

The Textile Society of America

is in Vancouver right now.

THE TEXTILE WORLD COMES TO VANCOUVER!

Not to be missed — textile events happening on Granville Island in conjunction with the Textile Society of America Conference in Vancouver.

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EVENING ON GRANVILLE ISLAND

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Nicole Dextras Demo 6 - 6:30pm & 8:30 - 9pm

Nicole Dextras Performer 6:30 - 7:30pm

Public engagement weaving with Marina Szijarto 6 - 9pm

Indigo Dyeing with Sophena Kwon 7:30 - 8:30pm

TEXTILE WALKING TOUR

GRANVILLE ISLAND

SEPT 17-30, 2018

A self guided walking tour highlighting 24 locations on Granville Island will be displaying a full range of creative textiles being made in our backyard. Many pieces have been produced to pair thematically with the businesses and studios hosting them.

The Main Maiwa Store will have a special in-store exhibition.

CLICK HERE to see the walking tour map and view the participants.

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NICOLE DEXTRAS

at Ocean Art Works

1531 JOHNSTON STREET, GRANVILLE ISLAND

SEPT 21-23

Award winning environmental and performance artist Nicole Dextras will be featuring one of her innovative costumes made specifically for this event from yucca bark and other sustainable materials. A performer will also demonstrate how to process yucca fibres and other aspects of her practice.

nicoledextras.com

CLICK HERE for dates and times.

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SOPHENA KWON

at Ocean Art Works

1531 JOHNSTON STREET, GRANVILLE ISLAND

SEPT 21-23

Sophena Kwon of Maiwa Handprints will demonstrate the fascinating process of dyeing with indigo.

sophenakwon.com

CLICK HERE for dates and times.

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MARINA SZIJARTO

at Ocean Art Works

1531 JOHNSTON STREET, GRANVILLE ISLAND

SEPT 21-23

Celebration and Fibre artist Marina Szijarto will be inviting the public to participate in a hands-on community tapestry weaving event. Using found objects, recycled fabric, plant materials and our words of gratitude written on paper, we will weave together an Autumn Equinox/Harvest full moon tapestry on looms made from local driftwood and fishing net twine.

marinaszijarto.com

CLICK HERE for and times.

Wednesday, September 19, 2018 No comments

On Tuesday September 11th Catharine Ellis and Joy Boutrup presented: Between Science and Art: Collaboration in Textiles. The sold out lecture kicked off the 2018 season for the Maiwa School of Textiles.

The audience were treated to a wide ranging talk that included fibre engineering, weaving, dyeing, shaped resist and fibre art. Both Joy and Catharine are well established figures in the textile community it was a delight to have both of them on the stage at the same time. The subjects bounced back and forth between both speakers often with equal quantities of humour and insight. The audience were left with a beautiful contrast between two vital approaches to working with textiles.

The lecture was introduced by Tim McLaughlin:

We all love textiles - we love making them, finding them, using them.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that we feel close to our favourites. We spend a great deal of time with them. When we can’ find a favourite we get anxious. They are like children to us - they need us to look after them and we need them to feel that warm intimate sense of satisfaction.

Let us agree for a moment that it is almost as if they are alive. Let us say that when we make them we give them birth, and then as we use them they live out their life. … But after that what happens?

Following my analogy, what happens to some fortunate ones is they get an afterlife. The afterlife is to reside in heaven - a museum, a textile collection, or an institution which can restore and conserve them.

As someone who studies textiles I have tremendous respect for conservation departments. They are often the source of detailed research into dyes, fibres, techniques and history. And because they are often associated with public institutions the results of that research often flows quite freely down to people like myself, who have an a deep interest in all these things.

Tonight we have two gifted individuals from each side of the life of textiles. We have Joy Boutrup who has a background in textile engineering, has spent considerable time in conservation departments and who is a specialist in textile chemistry. Her services have benefited textile and fashion designers at two design schools in Denmark and she has taught at the school of conservation in Copenhagen. She is a consultant, lecturer, teacher and as we will see tonight, a collaborator.

Catherine Ellis, is a weaver, dyer, author and artist who has spent most of her life giving birth to textiles and encouraging others to do the same. She is a kind of textile midwife.

Catherine has taught at the Penland School, at Haywood Community College, she has exhibited throughout America, and is preparing an exhibition for Australia, she is actively involved in the Surface Design Association, the World Shibori Network, and she is a founding member of the Southeastern Fiber Educators Association.

Catherine is the author of Woven Shibori first published in 2005 (a revised updated edition was published in 2016). Catherine and Joy are also co-authors in a soon to be released book titled:

The Art and Science of Natural Dyes: Principles, Experiments and Results.

Please join me in welcoming Joy and Catherine

See all REVIEWS on the Maiwa Blog.

Thursday, September 13, 2018 No comments

Wednesday, September 12, 2018 No comments

MEET THE MAKERS

USING MAIWA SHAWLS, SCARVES, & YARDAGE

LINEN • SILK • COTTON • HANDWOVEN

Meet the Makers — where we shine a light on how artisans are using Maiwa Supplies. In this feature we call out four makers who are using our blank shawls, scarves and yardage to create their own exceptional work. These are makers who are bringing a thoughtful, creative approach to textile art. Each one of them rewards a longer visit to their website or instagram feed.

SHOP MAIWA BLANKS

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CHERYL LAWRENCE

An inspired maker and masterful katazome artist, Cheryl Lawrence uses Maiwa's gauziest shawls and scarves (her instagram feed shows her using these with Japanese indigo). Cheryl also makes good use of Maiwa's yardage to complete larger projects, including the katazome patterned dress shown here.

cheryllawrenceart.com

@katazomegirl

Cheryl's dress is made with our handwoven cloth overdyed with indigo.

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DIANE RUDGE

Diane Rudge is well-known for her weaving, macrame, and work with natural dyes. Her fantastic large-scale sculptures derive from a love of raw untamed elements and the fibre itself. Diane has also used Maiwa's silk shawls to showcase the beauty of natural dyes.

diane-rudge.com

@dianerudge

Diane uses our silk and cotton mull shawls.

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NADE

MAGGIE PATE

Author, instructor, and slow-craft advocate Maggie Pate has founded a studio that is 100% sustainable and eco-friendly. Among her many offerings in NADE studio are hand-dyed scarves that begin with Maiwa's cotton blanks.

nade-studio.com

@maggie_pate

Maggie uses our cotton pom pom scarves.

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MATANGI

DALLAS ERESMAN

Dallas Eresman is bringing natural colour to a range of fibre types in her West Coast mountainside studio. Pictured here, Maiwa's linen shawls and a wild silk (tussar) shawl dyed with natural indigo.

matangimaa.com

@peacematangi

Dallas uses our linen blanks and is shown here with a tussar wild silk shawl dyed in indigo.

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Our Blanks are available at:

Maiwa East: 1310 Odlum Drive Vancouver, Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm

and

Maiwa Supply on Granville Island 7 days a week between 10am and 7pm

and

Online at maiwa.com

Tuesday, September 04, 2018 No comments

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