Textile Dye & Print Courses in London
Come and join us on our dye and print courses and experience the immediacy and satisfaction of applying colour to cloth. We offer masterclasses in specific and experimental dye and print techniques such as natural dyeing, silk screen printing, printing with dyes… for learners wishing to leave with armfuls of samples. Our classes provide a comprehensive overview of processes from start to finish, leaving you with a thorough understanding of the technique and bundles of ideas for how to develop your ideas further.
Fully Health and Safety compliant, our tutors ensure your safety from the moment you step into the studio. Aprons, gloves, masks are all provided and small class sizes ensure our tutors can monitor individual progress.
Print and dye tutors at City Lit are all practising artists, makers and designers with highly specialist knowledge. Their professional experience of designing, making and exhibiting within their own practices will inspire you in every class, pushing you to realise your ambitions or helping you to discover your passion.
If digital design and print is more your thing, have a browse of our Textile design and software page for our range of courses using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
Any questions? Contact our visual arts team on visual.arts@citylit.ac.uk
- Textiles for beginners short course
Course start date: Fri 5 Jun 2026 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Alice BurnhopeGet started with the basics of textiles by painting, printing and stitching fabric. Combine simple practical techniques with design work in colour, texture, pattern and composition.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Textiles: constructing pattern, colouring cloth Course start date: Sun 7 Jun 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Dawn DupreeExperiment with a range of heat transfer processes and hand painting methods. Develop initial ideas through mark-making and collage. Create fabrics or art works using a personal colour palette and embellish surface through foil print and simple stitch marks.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £179.00 - Textiles: silkscreen printing Course start date: Tue 9 Jun 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rosie JamesExplore silkscreen printing on fabric using paper stencils. Develop tactile printed, coloured overlays through using opaque and transparent colour and surface finishes such as foiling, flocking and relief effects specially for textiles.Full fee £399.00 Senior fee £319.00 Concession £259.00 - Digital surface design in 3 days Course start date: Tue 23 Jun 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Liege LopesA short course for beginners. Learn how to use simple collage to develop a digital textile design for a printed scarf. Scan your design before using Photoshop to refine and sharpen your image. Print your image using the sublimation printer and transfer onto your chosen fabric. All materials provided.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Textiles: polychromatic printing Course start date: Sat 8 Aug 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Dawn DupreeExperiment with polychromatic print onto fabric and paper, exploring the creative potential of Procion dyes and silk screen printing. Processes include mark making, hand painting, resists, stencils and layering. Develop personal designs, textile samples and artwork.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £179.00 - Textiles: sustainable bundle dyeing Course start date: Sat 24 Oct 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Renata MinoldoUse flowers, leaves, food waste and natural dyeing extracts to make exciting and unpredictable patterns on fabrics adopting sustainable techniques.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Textiles: botanical dye techniques Course start date: Sat 6 Feb 2027
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Renata MinoldoProduce your own hand dyed fabrics using botanical dye techniques.Full fee £329.00 Senior fee £263.00 Concession £214.00
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