Author Archives: bettysbeautifullife

100 indigo dyers needed for “Shades of Blue” exhibition

If you would like to take part please fill up this application form to the best of your ability and send it back to me using my email address bettysbeautifullife@gmail.com. Please use the subject “Shades of Blue”. If your system does not support Word, download the PDF version and print it, take a photo afterContinue reading “100 indigo dyers needed for “Shades of Blue” exhibition”

From seeds to Blue, growing Japanese Indigo in Scotland for dye

My name is Elisabeth Viguie Culshaw I am a natural dyer based in Glasgow and I am in love with the color blue. This is the first post of my Indigo growing season. For the next six months on a regular basis I will be writing about growing and using Japanese Indigo in Scotland. IContinue reading “From seeds to Blue, growing Japanese Indigo in Scotland for dye”

LA VRAIS COULEUR DU COTINUS – ATELIER VIRTUEL D’ IMPRESSION BOTANIQUE DES FEUILLES DE COTINUS BLEU.

L’impression botanique des feuilles de Cotinus ont ete ma passion pendant les dernières 5 années. Depuis un atelier virtuel en period de Covid ou 100 personnes s’étaient rassemblées pour tester les mordants je n’ai pas cesse de travailler avec cet arbuste qui me donne tant de beaux résultats en Impression Botaniques que ce soit surContinue reading “LA VRAIS COULEUR DU COTINUS – ATELIER VIRTUEL D’ IMPRESSION BOTANIQUE DES FEUILLES DE COTINUS BLEU.”

About the Indigo diaries – 2026

New blog Journal in 2026 – The Indigo diaries 2026 comes as a special year for me. After several years of research in growing Japanese Indigo (Persicaria Tinctoria) and Woad (Isatis Tinctoria) at The Indigo plot in Scotland and in Vat making and maintaining I have decided to open some of my experiments and theirContinue reading “About the Indigo diaries – 2026”

SUSTAINABLE NATURAL DYEING IN THAILAND

Sustainable Natural dyeing is such a topical expression of today but I never find that that description follows what I see happening in books and social media. For years I have been travelling to South East Asia to capture true “Sustainable Natural dyeing. Thailand is my favorite place. Last November during my “Colours of Thailand”Continue reading “SUSTAINABLE NATURAL DYEING IN THAILAND”

THE COLOURS OF THAILAND – Discovering the colours and fibers of Thailand tour – 19th Nov – 3nd of Dec 2026

To subscribe to my blog you can just use the button above, scroll down to “Free newsletter subscription”, you will receive any further posts via an email in your inbox and can « unsubscribe » any time. This photo is of the 2025 group in Mann’s crafts garden studio where we became Art by posing for aContinue reading “THE COLOURS OF THAILAND – Discovering the colours and fibers of Thailand tour – 19th Nov – 3nd of Dec 2026”