The self paced workshop will teach you about The True Colour of the Cotinus technique to Botanical print blue monoprints with Cotinus leaves on Cellulose and protein material (including paper) You will learn how to select, prepare fabric and dyes and print them. This method was finalised in May 2025 in a online live workshop on zoom and you will get the replay video of the live session as well as the instructions related to the method. With this tuition you get access to the FB group “The True Colour of the Cotinus” where you can find results for hundreds of participants since the beginning of the project. This method is perfect for the new printers but offers a lot of insight to experienced printers

This is a workshop for 6 participants maximum. I only run this once a year at harvest time. If you want to understand how plant to colour works in a truly sustainable way this is the workshop for you. If you are an Art student and are thinking about creating sustainable dyed work this will give you an insight into true sustainability. It will give you back a sense of the seasons and the sense of the real labour involved in sustainability. I will share with you the time line about my plant production used for the workshop. If you are studying for a degree and need to study the behind you will access a lot of information during the week end. We will spend a week end in my studio creating natural colours grown in the Indigo Plot, my dye garden at the Glasgow Botanical garden. We will collect dye plants at the plot (weather depending) and use them to create, blue, yellow and green shades on yarn and cloth (silk, linen, cotton). I will address alternative option to home grown dyes but using my home grown will root you in the true relationship between plant and colour in a sustainable way. We will look at how a variety of yellow yielding plants affect the green and how the blue pigment extraction can also motivate the density of the blue/green. We may if lucky achieve a purple with Indirubin, The great majority of blues will be dyed from my fresh leaves Japanese Indigo and Woad from that season. We will be learning about mordants and dyes and how to secure dye on fibre. This is suitable for beginners or more advance participants. You will have access to my small shop of home grown dyes for participants if you want to take home a small amount of dyes to test further. I will also share with you the basic dye instructions on the basis of a blog post online.

This is a workshop for 7 participants maximum. I only run this once or twice a year. If you want to understand how plant to colour works in a truly sustainable way this is the workshop for you. If you are an Art student and are thinking about creating sustainable dyed work this will give you an insight into true sustainability. It will give you back a sense of the seasons and the sense of the real labour involved in sustainability.

Join me online in your own pace in a workshop discovering The True Colour of the Cotinus method creating floating prints on a dark blue ground. A New mordant recipe is used to create those shades and will be shared in the online workshop/pdf to all registered participants. Together with the replay video of the launch of this method you will get a full set of instructions and a follow up on our FB page

JOIN me online in your own time in a workshop to discover Botanical printing on cellulose fiber creating floaty leaves on a dark blue ground. A new mordant recipe will be shared with all registered participants. Together with the replay video of the launch of this new revolutionary method you will get a full set of instructions and a follow up on FB group This is perfect for beginners.

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.

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.

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