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”
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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”
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”
Protected: From Blue to Green, Using Natural dyes from The Indigo Plot to create dyed cloth and yarn in a sustainable way
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Protected: From Seeds to Blue 2024 growing program page
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Protected: Hand Printing with Botanical pastes- Week 4
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Protected: ECO PRINTING ON PAPER FOR ART
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From Weeds and Rags !
JOIN ME FOR SOME FUN ! You can join me most Wednesday in the Woodlands Community gardens in Glasgow to help printing the garden through the seasons… this runs from 1pm to 4pm and is free, the work produced is kept for the project exhibition later this week. details here I will run a full dayContinue reading “From Weeds and Rags !”
Blue dye for the spinning ladies !
My next Indigo workshop week end is in Glasgow on the 7/8 September look Here for detail I love passing on my passion for blue to whoever wants to learn to dye with Indigo. Over the past years I have spent many days teaching numerous participants to Indigo Shibori their cloth, or clothes when weContinue reading “Blue dye for the spinning ladies !”
Why I love my Journey as an Eco Artist !
The other morning I checked my art supplies, I though they were a bit low before the next day workshop and so… time to replenish… on my way to … The Kelvingrove Park…. in the West end of Glasgow, walking distance from my studio, it is lovely and a little hub of nature in theContinue reading “Why I love my Journey as an Eco Artist !”
THE LANSDOWNE HOUSE 