the MAIWA JOURNAL

We’re delighted to share our new silk pillowcase—beautiful on its own, and even more magical when dyed with flowers and plants!

Silk loves to hold colour, making each piece an invitation to play, to gather flowers from your garden, and to create something deeply personal.

We’ve made a simple tutorial so you can capture the abundance and hues of the season.

Find these handwoven mulberry silk pillow cases in Queen and King size. Sewn with cotton stitching.

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MULBERRY SILK SCRUNCHIES

A dyeable scrunchie made from hand reeled and handwoven mulberry silk. The stunning natural lustre of this fibre comes to life when coloured with natural dyes. Silk has a luxurious drape and feel that is unlike anything else.

Shop our scrunchies in medium, large, and large lush.

Fresh leaf indigo dyed by Liz @thedogwooddyer

MULBERRY SILK BANDANAS

A handwoven mulberry silk bandana, great for dyeing and surface design projects. The hem is sewn with cotton thread making it optimal for indigo & natural dyes.

Shop our bandanas sold individually, in a 6 pack, or in a 12 pack.

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Tuesday, September 09, 2025 No comments

Bring craftsmanship into the heart of your home. Step into a world where tradition and artistry shape the spaces.

Thursday, September 04, 2025 No comments

MAIWA WORKSHOPS ONLINE

These are in-depth workshops delivered through engaging high-definition videos. Our instructors skillfully guide students accompanied by detailed notes.

Workshops commence in September but students are free to work at their own pace. New content is delivered on a weekly basis until the course is complete.

"This is the best online course I've ever taken. So comprehensive, well organized, and professionally presented. It's obvious you put a lot of effort into producing it.” - Mary

Students have access to workshops for three years from the date of purchase.

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Because we believe that every natural dyer should have access to Natural Dyes: Alchemy, Chemistry, Craft, we're offering it for a 50% discount when purchased with another workshop.

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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 to successfully mordant cellulose and protein fibres. Work with cloth and yarns to achieve vibrant, clear colours using classic natural dyes.

If you could paint with natural dyes — imagine what you could do. See natural dyes in a whole new way. Join us as we unlock the secrets of how to place mordants and dyes exactly where you want them.

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.

Discover the power of oxides to create incredibly textured patterns. When combined with tannins and the blue potential of indigo, a new creative world opens up.

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.

Create a Teachable account in advance by enrolling in one of our free lessons.

Have your Teachable login details ready on registration day. Be sure to enter a valid email address as this is how we will be communicating.

Supply & Equipment List can be found on workshop sales pages. Workshop pages are listed here at maiwa.teachable.com.

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Tuesday, September 02, 2025 No comments

THE MAHOUT SHIRT

HANDWOVEN

Nicely cut and fitted, classic nehru collar with button down, and Maiwa's famous attention to detail.

Friday, August 29, 2025 No comments

THE SHIMOGA SHIRT

Is it possible to have too many Shimoga shirts? I don’t think so—I personally have eight. Each one feels like an archive of a beautiful moment, poetry from the loom, singing in the palette of nature.

Wednesday, August 27, 2025 No comments

THE NATURAL INDIGO FRUCTOSE KIT

A great way to get started. This kit is used for the 'Fruit Vat' the 'Banana Vat' and 'Fructose Vat'. This kit contains 100g natural indigo, 250g fructose, 250g calx, and instructions.

Monday, August 25, 2025 No comments

It’s the height of summer. Days spill into evenings, the air warm and fragrant. You pack a basket, spread out a quilt, and let the world slow down. Sandy toes and salty air. Waves lapping the shore. Meadows brushed with wildflowers. The gentle shade of an old tree.

Friday, August 22, 2025 No comments

These are in-depth workshops delivered through engaging high-definition videos. Our Instructors skillfully guide students accompanied by detailed notes.

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 No comments

A COLLABORATION BETWEEN

INDIA FLINT & MAIWA

These are clothes for all occasions, that rest kindly against the skin, wash easily, wear well. This is an ever-evolving collection of garments that are intended to be layered and styled however you wish.

Friday, August 15, 2025 No comments

REGISTRATION IS OPEN!

Wednesday, August 13, 2025 No comments

Click below to register in our online workshops.

Students have access to workshops for three years from the date of purchase.

maiwa.teachable.com

Because we believe that every natural dyer should have access to Natural Dyes: Alchemy, Chemistry, Craft, we're offering it for a 50% discount when purchased with another workshop.

EXPLORE YOUR OPTIONS

TO BUNDLE + SAVE :

See All Bundles

Create a Teachable account in advance by enrolling in one of our free lessons.

Have your Teachable login details ready on registration day. Be sure to enter a valid email address as this is how we will be communicating.

Supply & Equipment List can be found on workshop sales pages. Workshop pages are listed here at maiwa.teachable.com.

STILL HAVE QUESTIONS?

Read our FAQs here

schooloftextiles.com

Monday, August 11, 2025 No comments

Registration opens on Monday August 11th at 9am (Pacific Time)

Saturday, August 09, 2025 No comments

CLOTHING WITH PRESENCE

GROUNDED IN CRAFT

There’s a quiet confidence in a well-done stripe.

Thursday, August 07, 2025 No comments

Because we believe that every natural dyer should have access to Natural Dyes: Alchemy, Chemistry, Craft, we're offering it for a 50% discount when purchased with another workshop.

Tuesday, August 05, 2025 No comments

PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFT

Teachers Sophena Kwon and Danielle Bush from the Maiwa School of Textiles recently taught an in-person Print & Paint workshop at the wonderful Penland School of Craft. It was a delight to see everything offered in our online course come to life through 12 students over two weeks in June.

Students worked through techniques that unlock the secrets of direct application of natural colour—making mordant pastes, thickened dye pastes, and the versatile mordant-dye paste.

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Creativity on Cloth

Dive into a creative and colourful workshop that takes natural dyes to the next level. Use the direct application of mordants and dyes to print on cloth with the use of brushes, blocks, stencils, and pens.

We are happy to announce Print & Paint with Natural Dyes will run online in September.

Registration opens August 11th.

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Teaching at Penland School of Craft was a deeply nourishing experience that continues to inspire us.

Colour is unlike anything else. As an artist, to make colour with natural dyes is to experience a direct connection with your materials. And each of these materials, each dyestuff used, can be a doorway to a new world.

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THE NATURAL DYE KIT

A great way to get started with natural colour.

Learn the basics and go beyond with all the supplies included in this kit along with Maiwa's in-depth instructions, essential to discovering the world of natural colour.