Natural. Honest. Colour. Get in touch with your materials. Indigo is traditionally made into cakes as part of the process of extracting it from the indigo plant. These cakes are insoluble, which made them ideal for long distance trade (they would not come to harm on a long...
MAIWA SCHOOL OF TEXTILES 2019 FALL WORKSHOPS, LECTURES & EVENTS NOW ONLINE Mark your calendar – registration opens Monday, June 17th at 10am. Make sure to read our Tips for a Successful Registration. 2019 FALL WORKSHOP SCHEDULE 2019 FALL LECTURE & EVENT SCHEDULE We hope to see you...
KNIT WITH NAOMIBELLE Only a few spaces remain in our popular knitting workshops. Get started in our Learn to Knit workshop and then take your skills to the next level in our Knitting Basics & Beyond workshop taught by NaomiBelle Rozelle. See below for information on both workshops....
WALK INTO SPRING WITH OUR PERFECTLY IMPERFECT SALE! 50-80% OFF PERFECTLY IMPERFECT ITEMS MAIWA SECONDS & SAMPLES Thursday, March 21st — Sunday, March 24, 2019 10AM – 6PM (WINTER HOURS) IN STORE ONLY COME VISIT US AT THE MAIWA STORE ON GRANVILLE ISLAND Not only are these incredible...
FEATURED 2019 SPRING WORKSHOP UNDER CONSTRUCTION Five full days with UK textile artist Michael Brennand-Wood. This workshop is designed for artists who want a creative mentoring experience. Well-known for his constructions and art installations, Michael Brennand-Wood is an experienced teacher who can lead and inspire students to focus...
───────────────────────────────── HAND EMBROIDERY BY TRIBAL COMMUNITIES IN INDIA Maiwa works with artisans to create some of the finest hand embroidery being done today: incredibly detailed work from the remarkable Banjara and jewel-like pieces from many of the tribal communities of the Kachchh desert in Gujarat. Embroidery is a...
MAIWA'S BLANK TEXTILES CREATE A WORK OF ART! Above: Organic mull scarf created during Maiwa's natural dye workshop at the Penland School of Craft in North Carolina using Maiwa's madder root and cutch extract with shaped resist. ...
