The Workshop

At our premises at Korsgatan 6 in Malmö, we create everything from monumental works and public art installations to hand-printed fabrics, unique functional objects, and small-scale test prints. Here, artistic innovation and experimental expression go hand in hand with historical techniques.

Since 1983, Textiltryck Malmö has become a central hub for artists working in the textile field. We look back with pride on the collective effort that has enabled us to work on a large scale today using professional-grade equipment.

Together, we continue to build and develop our workshop, ensuring that textile art, design, and craftsmanship maintain a vital place in our society.

Curious? Apply for permanent membership or take one of our courses to try your hand at the craft.

  • This charmingly improvised kitchen contains everything needed for mixing reactive dyes, natural dyes, discharge pastes, etching agents, burnout chemicals, and other preparations for textile printing techniques. The dye kitchen is filled with buckets, electric mixers, scales, and colourful mess alongside measuring jugs, refrigerators, chemicals, and an extraction fan. Several people can work here at the same time, and members also coat their screens with emulsion in this space.

  • The workshop's own gallery features large windows facing Korsgatan. It serves as Textiltryck Malmö's public forum and a platform for textile encounters. The gallery is a central meeting point within the workshop and a welcoming space for visitors – an exhibition venue where the workshop's members present contemporary textile art, craft, and design.

  • Galleri Textilkoll is Textiltryck Malmö's forum for outward-facing activities and a platform for textile encounters. Every month our window presents a new window exhibition with works by our affiliated artists.

  • The heart of the workshop, featuring three printing tables measuring 11, 8, and 5 metres. Beneath each table is storage for print rollers and screens. The print room also houses storage for members' materials, various tools, the workshop library, and drying racks.

  • The largest table measures 11 × 1.7 metres and has an overhead rack designed for hanging full lengths of fabric to dry.

  • A favourite among many of our members. Measures 8 × 1.5 metres.

  • The smallest table measures 5 × 1.6 metres and has a removable printing blanket surface that can be rolled away. Beneath it is a soft, padded surface covered with tightly stretched cotton fabric. This is where we print with reactive dyes and other techniques that require the fabric to be pinned down together with backing cloth.

  • An important place for exchanging knowledge and sharing coffee and pastries. A large round table accommodates many people during lunch and coffee breaks. The room is also used for preparation and finishing work and contains a large ironing table with professional steam irons – an essential part of the workshop's equipment. An adjustable drawing table, light table, and sewing machine are also available.

  • A large ironing table with professional steam irons – an essential part of the workshop's equipment.

  • This is where printing screens are cleaned using either a garden hose or a pressure washer, depending on the task. Opposite the wash sink are the workshop's green-painted loan screens and squeegees in a wide range of sizes, available for all members to use in their artistic practice.

  • In the far corner of the print room stands the steam fixer – or "the Rocket," as it is affectionately known. A beloved and remarkable piece of equipment. For 30 years, textiles have been steamed and fixed inside its custom-built metal chamber.

  • The workshop's dyeing station is equipped with modern induction cooktops and large pots, enabling members to work on a large scale with both natural and synthetic dyes.

  • A custom-built structure the size of a small apartment, where textiles printed with pigment inks and other processes requiring high temperatures are heat-fixed.

  • In the windowless exposure room stands a large vacuum table that we tilt up on its edge when exposing our screen frames. The largest frame size that can be exposed is 150 × 185 cm.

  • This room contains everything needed for the digital workflow: two computers, a printer, an A3 scanner, a sublimation printer, and a heat transfer press. The room also houses a photography studio with backdrop and lighting. A large workbench provides members with ample space to spread out and review their work.

  • The workshop's cleanest room, equipped with two washing machines and two large wash sinks. Fabrics are washed, dyed, and rinsed here. The room is used extensively by members working with natural and reactive dyes.

  • Perhaps the workshop's most festive place. A peaceful courtyard where it always seems to be sheltered from the wind. During the summer, members gather here for lunch, often accompanied by piano music drifting from an open window in the neighbouring building. The courtyard is also the setting for the workshop's annual summer party, with long communal tables, barbecue, and a wonderful atmosphere.