TRC Intensive Textile Course, students at workFor many years the TRC has been running its successful five-day intensive courses on textiles. They are being taught in Dutch and/ or English by Dr Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood, textile and dress historian and director of the TRC.

The courses are a mixture of theoretical and practical elements, with an emphasis on trying out the various techniques of textile production (spinning, dyeing, weaving), on holding and examining fibres, textiles and finished items, all in order to learn and understand what is happening and why various combinations take place.

The aim is to make textiles less ‘frightening’ and allow people to look and understand a textile, from virtually any historical period or culture.

The courses are an absolute 'must' for anyone dealing with archaeological, historical and modern textiles, for designers and fashion students, as well as anyone who is seriously interested in all aspects of textile history and production, and simply wants to know and practise more. 

Dates for 2026: 20-24 April; 22-26 June; 10-14 Aug; 12-16 Oct.