Beach wraps for windy shores, robes for slow mornings at home, and bandanas to wrap in your hair.
Natural dyes on organic cotton: each piece is a square of crafted brilliance.
Monday, July 07, 2025
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Natural dyes on organic cotton: each piece is a square of crafted brilliance.
Friday, May 23, 2025
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There’s a kind of quiet geometry in bandhani. A map drawn in dots, each one a mark of patience and precision. The cloth is bound, pulled tight, and then naturally dyed—again and again—until what was once plain becomes something luminous. A sky of stars.
Thursday, May 01, 2025
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MORE PATTERNS HAVE ARRIVED!
BLOCK PRINTED BANDANAS
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
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BLOCK PRINTED BANDANAS
Natural dye on organic cotton; printed using hand-placed wooden blocks in the traditional method. Each piece is a square of crafted brilliance. These naturally dyed bandanas have many different uses: wear them around your neck or tied in your hair; they make the most colourful bundles, they cover a small table nicely, or set a spot for lunch. Anywhere a square of cloth is useful: a block printed bandana.
Maiwa's block printed bandanas out in the world.
BANDANA BUNDLES
Wrap up your small stacks of anything. These bandanas are 22" x 22" (55 cm x 55 cm).
Just one more reason to have an amazing piece of block printed cloth with you.
Ajrakh is a traditional block printing technique that has been practiced for centuries. Natural dyes are used to create eloquent geometric patterns on cotton that reveal a remarkable play between figure and line.
Blocks are hand-carved from hardwood and then used in a printing process that can involve between thirteen and twenty-one distinct steps. The many processes of scouring, washing, printing, dyeing, and final washing can take up to three weeks to complete. Much of the beauty and depth of ajrakh cloth comes from the intricacy of the imprint that is left by the artisans hand. Instantly recognizable—there is nothing like an ajrakh.
DABU BLOCK PRINTERS OF INDIA
The fabled pink city of Jaipur sits at the centre of a cluster of traditional block printing communities. For centuries patterns have been created by dipping carved hardwood blocks into dyes and resists in an elaborate process that is complicated and time-consuming. It is also a source of great pride for the artisans who still practice it. These block printers are also masters of the Dabu process - a unique mud resist that is only found in this area.
To our U.S. customers – don't forget that the exchange rate works in your favour, it's like an extra discount.
Thursday, April 14, 2022
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NEW BLOCK PRINTED BANDANAS
JUST ARRIVED!
BLANK BANDANAS
GREAT FOR DYEING & SURFACE DESIGN PROJECTS
Organic lightweight cotton bandana, great for dyeing and surface design projects. The hem is sewn with cotton thread making it optimal for indigo & natural dyes.
$5.95 each
12 pack for $50.50
50 pack for $183.80
BLOCK PRINTED BANDANAS
BLOCK PRINTED BY HAND WITH NATURAL DYES
Our collection of hand block-printed Bandanas are all 100% organic cotton. Dyed with natural plant indigo and other natural dyes.
$18.95 each
or set of 4 for $59.00.
To our U.S. customers – don't forget that the exchange rate works in your favour, it's like an extra discount.
Tuesday, July 06, 2021
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Natural dye on organic cotton; printed using hand-placed wooden blocks in the traditional method. Each piece is a square of crafted brilliance. These naturally dyed bandanas have many different uses: wear them around your neck or tied in your hair; they make the most colourful bundles, they cover a small table nicely, or set a spot for lunch. Anywhere a square of cloth is useful: a block printed bandana.
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
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Natural dye on organic cotton; printed using hand-placed wooden blocks in the traditional method. Each piece is a square of crafted brilliance.
$18.95 each
or set of 4 for $59.00.
Ajrakh is a traditional block printing technique that has been practiced for centuries. Natural dyes are used to create eloquent geometric patterns on cotton that reveal a remarkable play between figure and line.
Blocks are hand-carved from hardwood and then used in a printing process that can involve between thirteen and twenty-one distinct steps. The many processes of scouring, washing, printing, dyeing, and final washing can take up to three weeks to complete. Much of the beauty and depth of ajrakh cloth comes from the intricacy of the imprint that is left by the artisans hand. Instantly recognizable—there is nothing like an ajrakh.
MASTER AJRAKH BLOCK PRINTERS OF INDIA
Cloth masks lovingly made in Vancouver by 'Frankie Goes to India.' Sewn from 3 layers of Maiwa's artisan cloth; featuring naturally dyed block prints, handweaves and organic cotton.
$10 from every mask sale is donated to the The Maiwa Foundation; a non-profit organization dedicated to education and the relief of poverty for traditional artisans and their families. The Maiwa Foundation has as its purpose reducing poverty in rural villages by promoting artisan self-sufficiency.
To our U.S. customers – don't forget that the exchange rate works in your favour, it's like an extra discount.
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
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Natural dye on organic cotton; printed using hand-placed wooden blocks in the traditional method. Each piece is a square of crafted brilliance.
Shown: Vine, Bloom, Madder Petal, Leaf
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THE BLOCK PRINTERS
The fabled pink city of Jaipur sits at the centre of a cluster of traditional block printing communities. For centuries patterns have been created by dipping carved hardwood blocks into dyes and resists in an elaborate process that is complicated and time-consuming. It is also a source of great pride for the artisans who still practice it. These block printers are also masters of the Dabu process - a unique mud resist that is only found in this area.
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ORGANIC COTTON – BLACK LINED
Our Mala Onepiece is a wide leg, straight cut design. This version is lined with blockprinted cotton on the inside. It buttons down the front with a clean placket finish. Patch pockets on the sides. A nice weight to take you through all the seasons and easy to style. Shown with the Nimbu Top.
HANDWOVEN INDIGO
A mid-length culotte pant with a tie front, side pockets and elastic waist. A wide leg lets it be styled like a skirt or pant. Perfect for layering. Sewn out of the most gorgeous thread-dyed & handwoven indigo cotton with slight texture in the warp and weft.
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To our U.S. customers – don't forget that the exchange rate works in your favour, it's like an extra discount.
Thursday, August 20, 2020
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