🌿 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
