🌿 MASTERING BOTANICAL PRINTS ON CELLULOSE – ONLINE COURSE WITH ELISABETH VIGUIE-CULSHAW

Start Date: Monday 1st of September
Duration: 8 weeks
Format: Weekly video lessons, downloadable PDFs, live Zoom support
Tutor: Elisabeth Viguie-Culshaw (The Indigo Plot / UK Guild of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers)

Ready to take your plant printing to the next level? Whether you're new to natural dyeing or want to deepen your practice, this immersive 8-week course offers the tools, techniques and confidence to master crisp, lasting botanical prints on cellulose fibres.

With Elisabeth’s expert guidance, you’ll explore the process of selecting local plants, understanding fibre and mordant interactions, creating controlled outcomes, and developing your own seasonal print sampler. No studio required - just curiosity and a willingness to learn.

Once you book your place, we’ll guide you into the Natural Dyers & Growers Academy and give you full access to your course.

What’s Included

• 8 weeks of lessons with video content covering all stages of botanical monoprinting
• Printable PDF guides for each step
• 6 live Zoom Q&As with Elisabeth for support and community
• Techniques tailored for home setups - no specialist tools needed
• A guided final project to apply your learning
• 6 months access to course materials after the course ends
• 6 months Co~Lab Room membership for ongoing community connection

You’ll Learn

• How to select, scour and mordant cellulose fibres for optimal results
• How to identify, test, and work with local plants and dyes
• How to set up a safe, effective studio space at home
• How to build your own test sampler and analyse print outcomes
• How to move from “happy accidents” to intentional, repeatable prints
• Creative ways to connect with your environment, family and friends through printing

About the Tutor

Elisabeth Viguie Culshaw is a textile artist trained academically in Decorative Arts by Christies, she runs a sustainable dye studio in Glasgow in Scotland and grows an Indigo plant garden on the grounds of the Glasgow Botanic called #theindigoplot. She regularly travels to Asia to train with professional dyers.

She started working with Botanical printing in 2015 after being inspired by India Flint the Australian artist. During the Covid crisis she initiated “The True Colour of the Cotinus” a global online botanical printing project using the Cotinus plant leaves for blue print. She has gathered a large global community of eco artists around her digital studio.

She shares her knowledge locally from her studio, in regular international retreats in France and Thailand and online in live classes.

Who This Is For

• Fibre artists and crafters wanting to master plant prints
• Beginners to natural dyeing curious about controlled outcomes
• Students of the Academy ready for applied learning
• Gardeners, eco printers, and creatives inspired by seasonal making
• Anyone looking to map the plant world through their textile work

In a Nutshell

• 🍂 8-week tuition with video content & live course
• 📎 PDF guides & rewatchable lessons
• 🧺 Home-friendly, no fancy tools needed
• 🌿 Make beautiful prints with your local leaves
• 🎨 Starts: Monday 1st of September

🌿 INTRODUCTION TO NATURAL DYEING ONLINE COURSE WITH MALÚ COLORÍN

Start Date: Monday 22 September
Duration: 5 weeks
Format: Weekly video lessons, downloadable PDFs, live Zoom calls
Tutor: Malú Colorín (Talú / Founder of Fibreshed Ireland)

Whether you’ve never dyed before or want to refresh your natural colour basics, this 5-week online course is the perfect way to begin. Learn how to extract lasting colour from plants, kitchen waste, and seasonal garden materials using simple methods that are safe, accessible, and even family-friendly.

You don’t need a studio or fancy equipment—just a kitchen and curiosity.

Once you have booked your place, we will guide you through to the Academy and provide course access.

What’s Included

• 5 weeks of video lessons covering scouring, mordanting & dyeing
• Printable PDF guides for every step
• 6 live Zoom calls with Malú for guidance and connection
• Kid-friendly projects – perfect for the summer holidays
• Designed for kitchen dyeing – no specialist tools needed
• 6 months Co~Lab Room membership for ongoing community access
• 6 months access to all course material after the course ends

You’ll Learn

• How to prepare and mordant natural fibres
• How to safely extract dye from plants and food waste
• What fibres, tannins and mordants work best
• Simple ways to set up at home, even in a small space
• How to make your colours last and avoid fading
• Fun, creative ways to involve children in natural dyeing

About the Tutor

Malú Colorín is a Mexican natural dyer living in West Wicklow, Ireland. She’s the founder of Talú, co-founder of Fibreshed Ireland, and a passionate teacher blending tradition, activism, and hands-on craft. Her work draws on both Mexican heritage and Irish traditions and her workshops reflect a deep commitment to connection—with nature, place, and self.

Who This Is For

• Complete beginners to natural dyeing
• Fibre crafters looking to explore colour
• Parents & caregivers seeking creative activities for summer
• Artists and educators interested in sustainable colour
• Anyone curious about plant dyes and making in rhythm with the seasons

In a nutshell

• 🌿 5-week video & live course
• 📎 PDF guides & rewatchable lessons
• 🧺 Child-friendly, no specialist tools needed
• 🌈 Learn from your kitchen
• 🧶 Starts: Monday 22 September