Adult Workshops: Natural Dyeing

This full-day workshop with natural dyer and textile artist Elisabeth Viguie-Culshaw is suitable for both beginners and those with some natural dyeing experience. This hands-on workshop will get you started with all you need to know to start dyeing at home.   

• Find out how to use homegrown or foraged plants to dye yarn and fabric in permanent shades of yellow, blue or green 

• Discuss how and where plant material can be gathered sustainably 

• Learn about fibre, how to select the appropriate material, and how to prepare and mordant it so that your work becomes colourfast 

• Work together to set up a dye bath for yellow dye, and a woad vat for blue dye 

• Learn how to overdye to create green from a combination of yellow and blue dye 

• Create a selection of small samples in a variety of shades to take home and use in your own projects    

Pricing  

£60 Adult  

£55 Annual Pass holder, National Museums Scotland Member, National Trust for Scotland Member*  

£55 Over 65s, Student, Unemployed, Disabled, Young Scot**  

All tickets include museum admission on the day.  

*Annual Pass and Member tickets are available to existing Annual Pass holders, National Museums Scotland Members and National Trust for Scotland Members.  

**Valid ID required. Carers of disabled people free.  

• All materials will be provided 

• We recommend participants bring an apron and gloves (not provided) and wear old clothing 

• While the ingredients and mordants used are safe, participants may wish to bring a mask  

• The workshop will run 10:15–16:00 with a 45-minute break for lunch. Lunch is not provided, however participants are welcome to visit the museum café or bring a picnic to eat outdoors   

• Water, tea and coffee will be provided at the start of the workshop 

• Suitable for age 16+, maximum 12 participants