About this Event
The True Colour of the Cotinus is a global online Botanical Printing initiated by textile artist Elisabeth Viguie Culshaw in May 2020 in the middle of the Covid crisis.
Initiated as a one off online to help those local individuals in my community "locked down" at home by giving them a focus on an "eco" activity using the Cotinus (smoke bush) leaves, the workshop proved really successful with 100 participants from all the time zones and was repeated 5 times in 2 years. Two years later #thetruecolourofthecotinus project is now a group of 600 participants from the 4 continents who join force regularly to print the Cotinus leaves blue via a technique put together as a team result.
The exhibition will feature some glorious botanical prints, by Elisabeth and other participants together with some visual story telling about the project from participants from the 4 corner of the globe. Resilience and beautiful prints is of the essence. It is free of charge but may need to be ticketed if Covid restrictions are in place.
It is taking place over two days 10/11 septembre from 10.30 to 4 pm. Demonstrations of Eco techniques will take place on the Saturday, Natural dyeing, Spinning, Botanical printing and Indigo dyeing.
A paid Masterclass will take place on the 9th of September in the Botanical garden Kibble palace for a restricted number of participants. Printing the Cotinus on paper and fabric. It is suitable for beginners. It will be led by textile artist Elisabeth Viguie Culshaw.
To be inclusive there will be a serie of zoom events for overseas participants (programme to be announced).
The True Colour of the Cotinus is ongoing and the technique is available from those who want to work self paced at home via pdf method.
All participants are welcomed in a Facebook support group.
2020 focused on printing the leaves on paper
2021 we treated fabric
in 2022 we will extract pigment and learn to make watercolour and ink with it.
Looking forward to see you all at The Botanics.
To follow activities of Elisabeth follow her social media or her blog:
https://www.facebook.com/Botanical-Print-and-Natural-Dyes-at-The-Lansdowne-House-111213898933794
https://www.instagram.com/bettysbeautifullife/
www.thelansdownehouseofstencils.com
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Glasgow Botanic Gardens, 730 Great Western Road, Glasgow, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00 to GBP 100.00