Feeling Blue - A Free Festival Of Natural Dyes And Fibres
Feeling Blue is an exhibition about Natural dyes and Sustainable fibres curated by textile artist and natural dyer Elisabeth Viguie Culshaw in the Glasgow Botanical garden's Kibble Palace.
About Feeling Blue - A Free Festival Of Natural Dyes And Fibres
In the middle of the Covid Pandemic, I started to grow Japanese Indigo in the Glasgow Botanical garden, two beds, 1000 seeds to see if I could make the blue dye in the center of Urban Glasgow.
It worked… two years later “Feeling Blue” 2023 the exhibition came live in the glorious Kibble palace of the Glasgow Botanical garden. A local festival of fiber and colour organised by Elisabeth Viguie Culshaw textile artist and Indigo grower in Urban Glasgow. During two full days some glorious pieces of Indigo dyed fabric are exhibited together with some items lent by dyers. Some slow textile techniques are demonstrated by volunteers and we rub Fresh Indigo leaves onto small section of silk. On Sunday Rosie Bristow, demonstrates how to transform Flax into Linen yarn and all of this comes together in a desire to share with the local community a free of cost small festival.
Grateful for The Glasgow Botanical garden for sharing the space to grow and the space to exhibit, to the Glasgow Doors Open days to share the information, to many volunteers to share time… and to you glorious visitors to come in to enjoy.
This year we will be :
Opened from 11 to 4pm both days.
Be free of charge but a donation towards the garden upkeep would be appreciated.
Demonstrate Indigo vat Shibori on the Saturday together with some spinning of wool
Demonstrate Flax processing and Fresh leaves Indigo rubbing (need to book a space) on the sunday.
During the week end we will dye some scottish wool fleece with natural dyes from the garden towards the making of a banner for FIBRESHED SCOTLAND a conservation organisation we are a member of.
Laura will make a Woad vat with the Woad from the garden… and more.
Exhibit some Indigo dyed pieces work of local dyers and the artist Elisabeth Viguie Culshaw including pieces dyed using different forms of Indigo from around the world.
Visit the dye garden on Sunday afternoon as part of Glasgow Doors Open days (book a free space soon).
Do some fresh leaves dyeing to sponsor the garden planting next year by booking a space below… (Pre-bookings only see below )
Sell seeds of Woad plants for you to grow at home
We cant wait to see you there…
And if you want to yourself try your hand at growing Japanese Indigo … read my blog here and make sure you book a course at my next year 6 months online class :
Feeling Blue is a yearly exhibition
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