The True Colour of the Cotinus botanical printing method is a skilled technique to create blue eco-prints from the Cotinus (smoke bush) leaves. It was initiated by a group online project I ran in 2020 during the first Covid crisis lockdown in the UK. The project initially put together online live 100 botanical printers fromContinue reading “The True Colour of the Cotinus on cellulose updated method 2025”
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Impression Botanique sur papier du 17 au 24 Juillet 2025 a Montbrun Bocage
L’impression Botanique sur papier est ma passion, J’utilise la magie des pigments et teintures trouvees dans les plantes qui m’entourent pour creer de belles images qui pourront etres utilisees en montages ou exposees. Le Jardin de la Couetch est un lieu magnifique ou l’on trouve des noyers anciens dans le jardin, de la vigne sauvageContinue reading “Impression Botanique sur papier du 17 au 24 Juillet 2025 a Montbrun Bocage”
Protected: The True Colour of the Cotinus INSTRUCTIONS 2025
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Protected: Go Green, how to create a range of yellow, blue and green natural shades on fiber from home grow plants – Woolygood festival
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Protected: LA CUVE AU SUCRE (FRANCAIS/ANGLAIS)
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Protected: From Seeds to Blue 2025 course page
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Protected: Red makes green, Onion skins all the way !
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Muicle, Mexican honeysuckle, dye plant for blue or Indigo ?
This article is long overdue and concerns the Muicle plant I first came accross when travelling for dyes in Mexico’s Teotitlan del Valle in October 2024. I am a natural dyer and I specialise in learning and teaching about Indigo, Always on the look out for more information about Indigo baring plants, Indigo processes orContinue reading “Muicle, Mexican honeysuckle, dye plant for blue or Indigo ?”
Protected: INTRODUCTION TO BOTANICAL INKS IN GLASGOW
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SOLD OUT – THE COLOURS OF THAILAND – Discovering the colours and fibers of Thailand tour – 20th Nov – 2nd of Dec 2025
THIS RETREAT IS FULLY BOOKED IF YOU WANT TO EXPRESS INTEREST FOR THE 2026 RETREAT (DATES TO BE CONFIRMED BUT SIMILAR PERIOD) PLEASE EMAIL ELISABETH AT bettysbeautifullife@gmail.com using the subject matter “Colours of Thailand retreat 2026. TO BOOK A SPACE DOWNLOAD THE REQUEST FORM BELOW AND EMAIL IT TO ME bettysbeautifullife@gmail.com IF YOU HAVE ANYContinue reading “SOLD OUT – THE COLOURS OF THAILAND – Discovering the colours and fibers of Thailand tour – 20th Nov – 2nd of Dec 2025”
THE LANSDOWNE HOUSE 