This sustainability-themed exhibition showcases photos taken by 37 local residents, capturing Glasgow’s through an environmental and community lens.
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An urban dye and textile garden, the Indigo Plot at the Botanics was created to share the experience of growing sustainably dye and fibre plants in the city for all to connect with sustainable textile, with the great feeling of working with your own hands outdoors and great learning about how to get colour from plants. Elisabeth Viguie Culshaw textile artist curates the project since 2020.
An urban dye garden in the city encourages being outdoors, using your hands, earing the birds, speaking to others and sharing experiences. The Indigo Plot is located in the old site of the Physics garden at the Botanics where plant learning was taking place in Victorian times and it is a quiet and meditative space.
During the week end of doors open days we will:
– Harvest the flax plants on the plot and share flax processing in the exhibition running in the Kibble palace.
– Taking walks to the plot to learn about cultivating Indigo and Woad for blue dyes in Scotland and we will experience small scale dyeing a small piece of silk with Indigo leaves.
The experiences available will bring well being, a sense of sharing and knowledge to the visitors to the garden.
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The Indigo Plot is a dye and fiber project by textile artist Elisabeth Viguie Culshaw in the West end of Glasgow. In her sustainable textile practise, Elisabeth uses dyes and fibre and via The Indigo Plot she shares her vision for a mindful way to learn about natural colour and fibre. With the Indigo plot she introduces a Natural dye garden in the city for all to experience. This is not about creating fiber in the city but more about to educate the public of all ages to the slow process of growing with the seasons.
The Indigo plot offers talks, workshops and mentorships in the good season.
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This sustainability-themed exhibition showcases photos taken by 37 local residents, capturing Glasgow’s through an environmental and community lens.
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Organised by Glasgow Building Preservation Trust, Glasgow Doors Open Days is part of a family of Doors Open Days events taking place across Scotland throughout September, coordinated nationally by the Scottish Civic Trust.
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