Introduction to Screen Printing onto Textiles

Print your final design onto a t-shirt or tote bag to take home.

Key details

Location

Penryn Campus

Course duration

1 day

Course overview

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.

You’ll learn how to screen print, exploring ideas and techniques. After plenty of time to test your ideas you’ll screen print your final artwork onto either a tote bag or a t-shirt that you can take home with you.

Tuition fees per individual: £120

Location: Fashion & Textiles Institute, Penryn Campus

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Introduction to Screen Printing on to Textiles

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Introduction to Screen Printing on to Textiles

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Course details

This course is a one day introduction to screen printing onto textiles for beginners, perfect for people who have little or no experience screen-printing or for people with some existing knowledge who’d like to extend this to printing onto a garment or product.

The course will be run by Freya Dorgan, a Senior Technician at our Fashion and Textiles Institute who specialises in print and colour and who is also a commercial illustrator creating fun and colourful imagery.

After an introduction to our screen print facilities, Freya will support you to get creative straightaway. Bring your own imagery for design inspiration or use example designs from Freya to create your print designs by hand. You’ll learn how to create stencils using cut paper and then learn about how to prepare your screen and expose your designs. We’ll screen print a two-colour design, and you can experiment with inks to create layered and vibrantly coloured designs.

There’ll be plenty of opportunity for experimentation and play, with the chance to test out your designs and skills on up to 5 pieces of sample fabric. Once you are happy with your chosen colourways and final designs, you’ll be supported to screen print onto your final product.

You will leave with your own hand-printed artwork on either a tote bag or a t-shirt.

All materials you’ll need are included, together with your final product choice (a t-shirt or a tote bag). Tea/coffee is included, please bring a packed lunch with you.

On this course, you will:

Be introduced to the techniques for screen printing onto textiles to produce vibrantly coloured designs 
Use a variety of art materials to create your designs by hand, using inspirations from imagery you have brought with you or using example designs that Freya will provide. 
Learn how to create stencils using cut paper. 
Learn about how to expose your own designs onto a screen. 
Learn how to screen print a two-colour design, using stencils and an exposed screen.  
Experiment with inks to create layered artwork, with the opportunity to print up to 5 pieces of fabric to explore designs and test out your ideas, techniques, and colourways. 
Be supported to print your final artwork onto your chosen product (a tote bag or a t-shirt).

Course leader: Freya Dorgan

Freya graduated from Falmouth University with a BA(Hons) in Textile Design in 2012. Since then, she has worked as a Senior Technician within the Fashion & Textiles Institute specialising in print and colour. Within her role, Freya teaches a large variety of workshops with a focus on printmaking to students of all ages and abilities. Outside of her role at Falmouth, Freya is an illustrator working with clients such as Tate St Ives, creating fun and colourful imagery with a focus on play and humour. As part of her creative practice Freya also runs workshops for the community empowering people to get creative through printmaking and illustration.  

How you'll learn

Freya is experienced at empowering people to get creative through printmaking and designing – you’ll learn by doing on this course. Expect to get hands-on whilst you learn, as Freya talks you through processes and teaches with examples.

Who is this course for

This course is suitable for all levels: whether you are a complete beginner who’s interested in fashion and would like to explore your design ideas, or whether you have some existing knowledge of screen printing and would like to extend this to learning how to print onto a garment or product, or just to experiment with screen printing onto textiles.

This introductory course is a creative and fun day of designing print patterns and getting hands-on learning how to screen print onto textiles. You’ll be standing up and moving around for much of the day whilst you screen print. The studio is fully accessible, but please contact us if you have any accessibility queries.

All materials you will need are provided. If you would like to create a design from your own images, please bring your images with you. If you don’t want to bring your own images to work from, Freya will have plenty of examples that you can use.

Tea and coffee will be provided. You may wish to bring a reusable water bottle with you.

All materials you will need are included in the course fee, along with tea and coffee. You will take your finished tote bag or t-shirt away with you, along with your test prints

Tea/coffee is included, with all diets catered for. Please note: lunch is not included in the course cost, we recommend bringing a packed lunch or visiting one of our on-campus cafés. 

This course is taught in our screen printing facilities at the Fashion and Textiles Institute on our Penryn campus.

There is plenty of parking available on our Penryn campus and you can also reach us via a range of public transport options. You can find out more, here.

For campus maps and information on visiting us, please visit our How to find us page.

This course is suitable for all levels and is designed for complete beginners, as an introduction to screen printing onto textiles. No previous experience is required.

How to apply

To apply for this course, make your selection from the available dates below, this will take you to an event page where you will be able to book yourself onto the course via the Book now link.

Tuition fees per individual: £120