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Fashion & Textiles

Discover our fashion and textiles short courses, covering a range of subjects and based in our wonderful Fashion and Textiles Institute. Our fashion and textiles short courses have been developed by experts to suit differing experience levels from enthusiast to industry professional.  

Whether you’d like to try your hand at natural dying, improve your fashion illustration skills, explore our wonderful costume collections or deep dive into a professional course we have a broad selection of fashion and textiles short courses for you to enjoy. 

Fashion & Textiles

Biomaterials

Bio materials: Making seaweed plastic - 20th August 2025

£150.00

Description

Join us for this one day practical introduction to bio-materials in the fashion industry. Seaweed is an exciting prospect as an alternative to many of our currently used petro-plastic fibres and is increasingly being explored as an alternative, sustainable, material.

https://www.falmouth.ac.uk/study/short-courses

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Natural dye

Natural dye for beginners: design and print onto silk - 18 - 19 August 2025

£250.00

Description

Come and join us for a 2 day introduction to natural dye and screen print, suitable for complete beginners. You’ll experience the natural dye process from start to finish, work with plants in our natural dye garden, and leave with your own gorgeous one-off silk scarf that you have dyed and printed.

https://www.falmouth.ac.uk/study/short-courses

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Wool

The Art of Natural Dyeing for Wool 31 July - 1 August 2025

£300.00

Description

Discover traditional artisan natural dyeing knowledge and techniques on this immersive 2-day course focusing on the colouration of wool. Framed by the historical importance of natural dyeing and colour, this course presents the art of dyeing with plants as a craft in its own right.

https://www.falmouth.ac.uk/study/short-courses

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Risograph print

Introduction to Risograph printing - 18th July 2025

£120.00

Description

This creative 1-day introduction to Risograph printing is suitable for all levels and will take you from complete beginner through to producing your own printed designs independently.

https://www.falmouth.ac.uk/study/short-courses

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ScreenPrint

Introduction to Screen Printing onto Textiles 14 August 2025

£120.00

Description

Join us to learn how to screen print onto textiles, getting creative with vibrantly coloured designs, in our Fashion and Textiles Institute. On this one-day introductory course you will create print patterns by hand, making stencils with cut paper and experimenting with inks to create a layered artwork.

https://www.falmouth.ac.uk/study/short-courses

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Weave

Weave a wall hanging on a table loom: 23 - 24 June 2025

£250.00

Description

Come and spend two days immersed in weave and textiles, learning how to make cloth on a loom using gorgeous naturally dyed yarns. This two-day course will introduce you to weave techniques and is suitable for all levels, from complete beginner to creative maker wanting to expand their practice.

https://www.falmouth.ac.uk/study/short-courses

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