My name is Elisabeth Viguie Culshaw, I am a natural dyer and a dye plant grower (small scale) from Glasgow (Scotland). I took to grow Japanese Indigo (Persicaria Tinctoria) and Woad (Isatis Tinctoria) a number of years ago and last year in the grounds of the Glasgow Botanical garden. It is purely educational, I likeContinue reading “The True Colours of Natural Indigo, or what can you do with your Japanese Indigo (Persicaria Tinctoria) fresh leaves extraction”
Category Archives: Indigo dying
Protected: Blue and White Prints, resist discharging with Indigo dye (week 3)
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Protected: Set up a Fructose vat – Instructions
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From seeds to blue, in the Covid year of 2021, I grew Japanese Indigo in Scotland
Ashley Walker from Nature’s Rainbow says in his blog that “Japanese Indigo, Persicaria tinctoria or Polygonum tinctoria is a frost tender member of the knotweed family. Originally from China and Vietnam it likes to grow in warm moist climates,… ” and for that reason and others I always had in mind it would not grow in Scotland. After practisingContinue reading “From seeds to blue, in the Covid year of 2021, I grew Japanese Indigo in Scotland”
Protected: Indigo Story – A 4 weeks exploration of the Ferrous Indigo
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Protected: BOTANICAL PRINTING AND INDIGO DYE INSTRUCTIONS
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Protected: Set up a Hydrosulphate vat and up-cycle your clothes
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Protected: Indigo Story – A 4 weeks exploration of the Ferrous Indigo
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Protected: Print and Dip – A workshop in Eco-Printing and Indigo dyeing
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Kits for an easy make
Creativity can take many forms but sometimes you lack confidence and need a little help to get started. If you want my helping hand along the way but cant make it to a workshop then one of my kits will help you to start your journey into Indigo or Eco Printing. My kits come withContinue reading “Kits for an easy make”
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