Fashion & Textiles Facilities

Female student working in textiles studio

Centred around studio spaces on the Penryn Campus that cater for solo and group working, our Fashion & Textiles Institute includes a printmaking studio, digital fabric printers, professional clothes fitting stands, ultrasonic welders, sampling facilities, hand looms, a digital controlled Jacquard loom, embroidery machines and industrial overlockers.

Our facilities

All courses are served by professional equipment and facilities, enabling you to transform concepts into commercial realities.

Facilities include:

Professional pattern cutting tables
Professional clothes fitting stands
Laser cutting equipment
Industrial taping and bonding machine
Ultrasonic welder
Industrial overlockers
Industrial blind stitching machines
Industrial and domestic Knitting machines
A computer controlled Jacquard loom and hybrid TC2 Jacquard loom

Industrial dye lab and screen printing facilities
Industrial analogue and digital embroidery machinery
Access to multiple large professional studios with the latest photographic equipment - frequently used by external professionals
Two digital Mac IT suites and access to specialist software
Software training facilities with Adobe Creative Suite, CLO3D, Wilcom and ScotWeave
Professional digital textile printing using Mimaki TX3000 printers
Natural dye garden
Large costume and fashion styling wardrobes
Dedicated fashion and textiles shop

Our Natural Dye Garden

Alice Selwood, senior teaching technician in the Fashion & Textiles Institute, tells us about Falmouth's natural dye garden and how the students incorporate it into their work.

Photography facilities

If you're a Fashion Photography student you'll also have access to our unmatchable photography facilities. From a store stocked with all the latest equipment to professional studios, processing labs and post-production suites, you'll be working within industry-standard surroundings from the very beginning of your studies.

Explore our photography facilities