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
13 courses available
Textiles: sustainable bundle dyeingUse flowers, leaves, food waste and natural dyeing extracts to make exciting and unpredictable patterns on fabrics adopting sustainable techniques.Keeley Street
Sat 24 Oct 2026Renata MinoldoFull fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00- Textiles for beginners short courseGet 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 £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00
- Introduction to dye techniquesDip into colour, and learn a range of dye techniques. Using indigo, synthetic and natural dyes to practise dyeing a variety of natural fabrics. You will finish the course with a unique collection of dye samples.
Keeley Street
Sun 17 Jan 2027Renata MinoldoFull fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Textiles: experimental print
Develop and try experimental approaches to textile printing using open screen techniques, monoprinting, and direct painting for painterly techniques on to screen and cloth with dyes. Use the heat press for added textures and layered combination of techniques to create your own unique designs. Imaginatively explore dye and pigment, mark, colour, texture and surface.
Keeley Street
Tue 2 Feb 2027Renata MinoldoFull fee £329.00 Senior fee £263.00 Concession £214.00 - Textiles: botanical dye techniquesProduce your own hand dyed fabrics using botanical dye techniques.
Keeley Street
Sat 6 Feb 2027Renata MinoldoFull fee £329.00 Senior fee £263.00 Concession £214.00 - Textiles: printing with natural dyesDiscover contemporary techniques of printing onto fabric with natural dyes.
Through demonstrations, personal exploration, and individual tuition you will learn how to use mordents and natural dye colours, and transform your textile designs into prints.Keeley Street
Sun 7 Feb 2027Lara MantellFull fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Textiles: indigo shibori dyeingProduce your own indigo hand dyed fabrics using pleating, stitch and wrapping methods. Explore the magical combination of indigo dye and shibori resist techniques.
Keeley Street
Wed 7 Apr 2027Lara MantellFull fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Textiles: block printing with linoOn this course students will learn to translate initial drawings and mark-making into designs for lino-cut blocks. These blocks will be used to print dye onto fabric, making expressive patterns, exploring repeats and colour combinations.
Keeley Street
Sat 17 Apr 2027Lara MantellFull fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00 - Textiles: botanical dyeing beyond the basics
Take your natural dyeing practice further in this laboratory-style course for returning students, this course explores advanced mordant recipes, with in-depth fibre investigations.
Keeley Street
Sat 22 May 2027Renata MinoldoFull fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Textiles: silkscreen printingExplore 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.
Keeley Street
Tue 25 May 2027Rosie JamesFull fee £449.00 Senior fee £359.00 Concession £292.00 - Digital surface design in 3 daysA 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.
Keeley Street
Tue 1 Jun 2027Liege LopesFull fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Textiles: constructing pattern, colouring clothExperiment 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.
Keeley Street
Sun 6 Jun 2027Dawn DupreeFull fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £179.00 - Textiles: polychromatic printingExperiment 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.
Keeley Street
Sat 7 Aug 2027Dawn DupreeFull fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £179.00
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