Leaves On Paper
Botanical Printing On Paper with Elisabeth Viguie Culshaw
Live Online Workshop 4-6pm BST on the 2nd September 2026
Join live, or watch the recordings in your own time.
Learn how to make unique mono prints on paper using leaves and flowers. Rooted in nature, this process creates unique work that connects the maker in place and time through working with seasonal wild plants.
We will apply traditional natural dying techniques to securely fix the colours; utilising robust mordants, dye extraction processes, as well as techniques for preparing paper for colour.
This is an introduction to Elisabeth newly’s published method for working sustainably and locally to create crisp and long lasting prints. This simmering method gives quick results that are accessible for beginners, requiring a low tech set up that can be done in a kitchen space.
PDF Handout provided
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Class Resources
Zoom links, recordings, and PDFs will be available here. You will receive an email when this page is updated.
Zoom links, recordings, and PDFs will be available here. You will receive an email when this page is updated.
Elisabeth Viguie Culshaw
Elisabeth Viguie Culshaw (aka Betty) is a color maker and educator, working only from Nature. Originally trained in Decorative Arts by Christie’s the auction house, she spend her working life in heritage stencilled schemes conservation.
In 2015 she branched out to the Eco world and is currently essentially working from plants and earth pigments in both Botanical printing and Indigo dyeing.
Born in France she lives and works in Scotland where she runs a sustainable studio in Glasgow. She frequently travels to teach and learn to France and South East Asia.
She is the author of “Botanical printing on paper” (Crowood press 2026), The online Botanical printing method “The True Colour of the Cotinus”, and grows “The Indigo Plot” an Indigo garden in the grounds of the Glasgow Botanical garden. She runs Eco colours retreats in France and Thailand.
In 2026 she will host “Shades of Blue” a solo exhibition about Indigo in Scotland.
