Eco workshops for Spring/Summer 2023

In person in my Glasgow Studio only available to a small group. This is a new workshop on Botanical printing on fabric (we will use silk and linen only) using dyes which create pink and red backgrounds. We will spend the week end learning about preparing our fibre and printing them with botanical comparing work done with Madder, Sapan wood and Cochineal. We will address the role of the ferrous blanket in the colours obtained. You will learn a skill and finish samples. You will learn to extract from scratch Madder, Cochineal and Sapan wood dyes, preparing the blankets and print as well as finishing your fabric.

3 weeks introduction to Botanical printing on paper for Art in my lovely Glasgow West end studio. Starts on 3rd May at 6.00pm till 9 pm and weekly after that. All provided, just bring an apron or old clothes and gloves if you have delicate skin. We will explore mordants, dyes and leaves to create wonderful leaf prints and what we can do with them. Suitable for beginners or more advance printers. A sustainable way to create with nature. Sessions last 3 hours, prints to take away at every workshop and learning with each print.

Spend a day visiting the glorious Botanic garden of Glasgow before heading back to Elisabeth’s Victorian studio to spend the rest of the afternoon learning to set up a Natural Indigo Vat, learning to use it to dye, making some Shibori fold and clamp pieces. We will also harvest some Fresh Japanese Indigo leaves from The dye garden #theindigoplot and learn how to dye silk with them. This is perfect for beginners but also good for more advanced participants . The workshop will start at 11am and finish around 16 pm

The True Colour of the Cotinus is a global online project I launched in 2020, it is about Ecoprinting the Cotinus leaves to obtain blue. The PAPER method was finalised in 2020 after two global online testing with 100 participants each. We use facebook to share results. This method gives you the final result and how to get Blue out of your own leaves/paper. It is suitable for beginners … by buying this method you are in the project and will be able to access the Private Facebook group of over 500 participants to post your results and interact.

Was £25, The True Colour of the Cotinus is a global online project I launched in 2020, it is about Eco-printing the Cotinus leaves to obtain blue. The FABRIC METHOD was finalised in 2021 after two global online testing with 100 participants each. We use facebook to share results. This method gives you the final result and how to get Blue out of your own leaves/fabric. It is best for silk and linen but will work for cotton and other material. It is suitable for beginners … by buying this method you are in the project and will be able to access the Private Facebook group of over 500 participants to post your results and interact.

This is an online course in Botanical Contact Printing on paper. It is perfect for beginners as it teaches step by step. It is based on written instructions, photos and video material, a FB for support and from time to time a live session. 12 lessons, 2 printing ways, several mordanted ways, one bookbinding make. Once the course is online it is yours to keep for two years.

Print and Weave is an online workshop self paced with no live sessions but video content. It runs in collaboration with Katherine Cowtan, Scottish weaver. It was launched in conjonction with my “Printing in Woodlands” exhibition. Together we will botanical print some paper with two of my techniques and your local leaves and Katherine will guide us in the weaving of it to make paper Art.

In collaboration with Cassandra Barron this workshop will take place on my Teachable platform. It is completely self paced. With me you will learn two techniques of Botanical printing on paper, Cassandra will then guide you in making 3 different hand stitched books using your prints. This workshop is launched in conjonction with “Printing in Woodlands” the exhibition in Kirkintilloch in the Spring of 2023

In this PDF instruction I will share with you my technique developed over several years of Ecoprinting on paper to get clear and colourful prints using Botanical material and Natural dyes. We will explore via the PDF text and a number of videos 3 methods (simmering in dyes, dyes and tannin blankets, Iron blanket, steaming with blankets, texture blankets) on a variety of paper using several natural dyes or tannins. You will learn to: – Select paper – Understand your leaves fresh and dried. – Understand mordants and dyes and extract your dyes from nature – Put together your equipment – Print your paper – Learning to discharge text or designs from your prints – Finish and seal your paper so you can use it for making books, putting on a frame, using for greeting cards… Will be delivered by email link in 24 hours of purchasing

Perfect for beginners. In this course I will spend 12 months (12 sessions) teaching you all I know about Eco Printing on paper for Art, from target paper to method, mordant, botanics, printing paste… we will study how the process works and how you can program a great result after learning to understand your results. This is a repeat of 2021 course. With a mix of live online sessions and delivery of instructions by email. Each month provides a new technique. We communicate on zoom and via a FB page for support, there is ongoing conversations and a lot of learning. Small group only

Starting on the 2ND APRIL this workshop online live is the results of a year of research and testing into printing on paper using natural pigment made with Botanical extractions and it is specially suited to paper artists interested in mark making. During the 4 weeks we will learn how to extract colour out of nature via pigment lake transform this into a stable printing paste and create wonderful prints using your usual tool. I will demonstrate using small screens, stamps, lino blocks and other printing tools but there will also be one session when we experiment with houseshold tools to create random marks. You will learn all how to create some botanical pastes, use them and cure them. This is perfect for beginners. We will learn to use our surrounding plants for this and create an interesting colour pallet.

This is a Botanical printing week end online live using zoom. Over two sessions and personal time you will learn how to create stunning botanical prints on Silk and Linen with a red/pink background. We will use two mordants and three “red” dyes. The whole week end will be spend in learning to select fabric and dyes, preparing and finally printing and finishing your fabrics. It is perfect for beginners. The live sessions will be recorded and you will get access for a good few months. I will not supply ingredients but can advise for suppliers. We will use Madder, Sapan wood, Cochineal. This is perfect for beginners and can be used with other dyes.