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”
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A colourful walk – mini residency in natural sustainable dyeing
One of my most joyful moment is to share my skills as a natural dyers with less experienced artisans or artists who want to understand and learn to use nature to create colour. I work from first principal cultivating dye plants, forageing them and swapping them with other dyers to be able to create aContinue reading “A colourful walk – mini residency in natural sustainable dyeing”
Feeling Blue 2025 – Save the Date
An exhibition of natural and colours related to “The Indigo Plot” the natural dye garden of textile artist Elisabeth Viguie Culshaw in the grounds of the Glasgow Botanical garden is coming back to Glasgow. Please save the date. Dates of the exhibition 20/21st of Septembre from 11 to 4pm, this exhibition is FOC. Further detailsContinue reading “Feeling Blue 2025 – Save the Date”
Protected: Indigo ferrous vat and pattern making January 2025
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Protected: Cook a Ribbon – online botanical printing in jars workshop
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Protected: RED MAKES GREEN, COTINUS LEAVES PIGMENT EXTRACTION
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Protected: THE TRUE COLOUR OF THE COTINUS ON LEATHER
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Protected: Print and Weave online workshop
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From Seeds to Blue 2025, home growing Japanese Indigo and Woad
MOST OF THIS WORKSHOP IN ON ZOOM LIVE AND IT WILL BE RECORDED AND SHARED FOR REPLAY. THE CATCH UP SESSIONS ONLY FOR A FEW DAYS BUT THE LEARNING BITS WILL BE SHARE FOR 1 YEAR. THEY ARE FOR THE USE OF THE PARTICIPANT ONLY NOT FOR SHARING AROUND. PLEASE REMEMBER ANY SELF EMPLOYED ARTISTContinue reading “From Seeds to Blue 2025, home growing Japanese Indigo and Woad”
Natural dyes studio boxes are now SOLD OUT !
I am afraid that the Natural dyes studio boxes are now sold out for 2024 but they will be back at some point. Keep an eye on this page. Natural dyes from plants you grow are so precious and growing the plants I use for my experiments make me feel like not wasting any ofContinue reading “Natural dyes studio boxes are now SOLD OUT !”
THE LANSDOWNE HOUSE 