THE GIFT OF MANY OPTIONS
Give the gift of choice — with a MAIWA gift card.
Click the button below to register in our online workshops.
Students have access to workhops for three years.
Curated supply kits are always offered at 20% off for students. Details can be found on each workshop page.
Use Discount Code: CREATIVE20 for 20% off.
Learn to build a range of indigo vats including organic vats made with fruits, the iron vat, and vats made with plants.
Learn a wealth of introductory and advanced shaped resist techniques on silk, linen, and cotton. Learn how to handle materials in the dye vat to get the most from indigo.
Learn to successfully mordant cellulose and protein fibres. Work with cloth and yarns to achieve vibrant, clear colours using classic natural dyes.
This groundbreaking workshop will lead students through a number of projects on silk, cotton, linen, wool, and paper.
Through contact printing, immersion baths, bundling and binding techniques, and the magic of indigo, this workshop will explore new, uncharted territory on textiles.
Learn the process of making both pigmented and non-pigmented inks, including classics like iron gall ink as well as inks made from natural dyes like cochineal and lake pigments like weld.
Throughout history, the ability to print on cloth has created some of the world’s most desirable textiles.
The ability to deliver rich, saturated, natural dyes through the use of brushes, blocks, stencils and pens is a powerful skill.
A pathway through modern science organized around the study of natural dyes. From the atom and molecular diagrams to the reduction and oxidation of indigo, to acids and bases, and all the way up to the complexity of tannin-mordant dye chemistry.
Learn why the study of natural dyes is one of the most engaging ways to investigate matter and materials.
Thursday, December 18, 2025
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WRAP YOURSELF IN HANDWOVEN COMFORT
As the cooler season settles in, we are reaching for our quilted coats & jackets—and wrapping ourselves in shawls woven from wild silks, wools from sheep & pashmina goats, and hand-spun kala cotton.
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
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We’ve hand-selected some of our very favourite things as well as gift ideas that we love. The work of skilled artisans speaks through weave, stitch, pattern, and colour—and adds a layer of meaning that never fades.
Friday, December 12, 2025
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Wednesday, December 10, 2025
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Monday, December 08, 2025
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ENROLLMENT BEGINS DECEMBER 8th AT 9am (pacific time)
At 9am on Monday you will see the registration buttons appear on each course page.
Saturday, December 06, 2025
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We’re delighted to share a very special return of our Hibiscus Dress in black & white gingham - freshly sewn in a small batch of just 25 pieces. This dress is a whole outfit on its own.
Thursday, December 04, 2025
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20% OFF WINTER SESSIONS
MAKE 2026 A YEAR OF CREATIVITY & NATURAL COLOUR
Tuesday, December 02, 2025
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