Maiwa
Make Ink
$37.99
Maiwa
Make Ink
$37.99
The Toronto Ink Company was founded in 2014 by designer and artist Jason Logan as a citizen science experiment to make eco-friendly, urban ink from street-harvested pigments. In Make Ink, Logan delves into the history of inkmaking and the science of distilling pigment from the natural world. Readers will learn how to forage for materials such as soot, rust, cigarette butts, peach pits, and black walnut, then how to mix, test, and transform these ingredients into rich, vibrant inks that are sensitive to both place and environment. Organized by color, and featuring lovely minimalist photography throughout, Make Ink combines science, art, and craft to instill the basics of ink making and demonstrate the beauty and necessity of engaging with one of mankind’s oldest tools of communication.
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MAIWA ONLINE Gift Card (varied denominations)
$10.00
Visit product page →Shopping for someone else but not sure what to give them? Give them the gift of choice with a MAIWA ONLINE gift card.
Gift cards can be used for anything in the Maiwa ONLINE store only. Sorry, the ONLINE gift card cannot be redeemed in the physical stores (Maiwa, Maiwa Supply, Maiwa East).
Gift cards are delivered by email and contain instructions to redeem them at checkout. Our gift cards have no additional processing fees.
Looking for a gift card for MAIWA SUPPLY, MAIWA EAST or the MAIN MAIWA STORE? Please call us at 604 669 3939 and we would be happy to issue a gift card for the physical stores.
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MAIWA
Pink Bike Donation
$100.00
Visit product page →— This project is now completed in Jawaja. We are looking to implement it in other remote artisan villages and are conducting research to ensure the project is appropriate to the location.
This donation to the Maiwa Foundation will support schoolgirls of the Jawaja leatherworkers and weavers cooperative (AAJ - Artisan's Alliance of Jawaja). A donation of $100 cdn purchases a sturdy, well-built, bicycle for one of the female schoolchildren of the village.
Some of the children of Jawaja artisans have to walk several miles to school. The distance, combined with the time taken and the obligation to do other work in the home can make it difficult for them to attend school (or to have enough time to complete homework). In these rural Indian families boys usually get bikes and girls do not.
The pink bike project was conceived as a way to assist the village schoolgirls. These bike are female "style" and very pink - the boys are not interested in them!
In collaboration with the Artisans Alliance of Jawaja the Maiwa Foundation oversees the purchase of the bikes and the distribution in the village.
The backstory to this project.
Jane Stafford (of Jane Stafford Textiles, JST) a weaver from Salt Spring Island, visited the AAJ weavers in 2014. After that meeting Jane was inspired to assist the group. In her own words:
"Way back in 2014, Handwoven Magazine gave me a little award for $500.00 and JST matched that with another $500.00. We donated $1000.00 to the Maiwa Foundation requesting that the money be used for girls education in the village of Jawaja. During the next tour a lovely lady matched that donation so there was now $2000.00 to go to the girls. In the end it was decided by the Jawaja village that the money go to buy bicycles so the girls could travel the long distances to get to school and they wouldn't have to start and end there day walking in the dark. The bicycles are pink and girls style and extremely sturdy so the boys of the village aren't interested in them :^)"
The first group of bicycles were delivered in January 2016. The project has been such a success that when Jane Stafford next visited the village of Jawaja in 2017 a second round of bicycle purchases was planned. Your donation will go to this project.
The Maiwa Foundation is a registered charity in Canada. The foundation issues tax receipts for donations over $25.
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MAIWA
Donation to the Maiwa Foundation
$25.00
Visit product page →Donations to the Maiwa Foundation are tax deductible. The Maiwa Foundation is a Registered Charity in Canada and it issues receipts for donations over $25.
Donations greater than $25 may be made by adjusting the quantity.
The Maiwa Foundation also accepts donations by mail or by phone (604) 669-3939.
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Maiwa
Maiwa Foundation Book
$39.95
Visit product page →Hardcover, 10" x 12", full colour, 108 pages.
A rich visual journey through the many areas where the Maiwa Foundation works. Meet the craftspeople and learn about Maiwa's role in promoting the development of exceptional artisans. All proceeds from the sale of this book go directly to the Maiwa Foundation.
12" x 10" 108 pages, full colour, hardcover.
NOTE: Book purchase does not qualify as a donation and so there is no charitable tax receipt for the book purchase.
