Block Printing Workshops in Berlin Slow Craft Summer at Atelier Māya
Block Printing, Wax Resist, Indigo,
Botanical Colour & Sashiko
Atelier Māya is a contemporary textile studio and print lab in Berlin exploring block printing, responsible colour systems, and material practice through research, experimentation, and slow craft.
For those looking for block printing workshops in Berlin, Atelier Māya offers a slower, research-led alternative to standard craft classes.
Over the past two years, our block printing, wax resist & indigo, and sashiko workshop series have consistently sold out in Berlin. The summer programme grows directly from that work. This summer, we go slower, deeper into the process, and more focused.
Each summer, the atelier pauses public programming and offers a small number of private sessions, research intensives, and collaborative experiences focused on block printing, wax resist, indigo, botanical colour, and slow stitch.
The programme is selective and limited by design. Sessions are for people who want to work with material and colour, and who are curious and want to explore the print crafts.
Whether that means developing your practice, exploring a new process, or simply spending focused time making something by hand.
If that is you, this is the right place, get in touch if you have any questions.
Our public workshop programming returns at the end of August.
Private Atelier Sessions at Atelier Māya
Private sessions are the core of the summer programme. They are designed for textile practitioners, designers, and artists who want dedicated studio time to develop their work, and for curious beginners who are ready to engage seriously with process and material practice.
You work directly with hand-carved blocks, natural fibres, wax-resist techniques, indigo, and botanical colour in a calm, fully equipped textile research atelier.
Sessions are not structured around fixed outcomes. The focus is on building material intelligence, exploring our developing Print Thinking methodology, learning to deconstruct, developing processes, and building a working relationship with cloth and colour.
Half-day, full-day, and multi-day formats are available depending on what you are working towards.
Areas of textile and print exploration include:
- Block Printing & Print Thinking
- Wax Resist on Cloth
- Indigo Dyeing & Layered Surface Design
- Repeat Pattern Development
- Textile Sampling & Material Exploration
- Slow Stitch & Surface Composition
- Sashiko - One-on-One Masterclasses
From July onwards, textile and colour sessions may also include:
- Colour mixing with eco inks and responsible colour systems
- Building natural dye palettes for printing and painting
- Indigo vat making and dye preparation
- Earth pigment studies through printing, painting, and mark-making
- Printing and mark-making with found tools
- Soy binder explorations on linen
- Process photography and material documentation
If any of our research intensives resonates with you, get in touch to discuss your session: design@ateliermaya.eu
Sashiko Masterclasses with Keiko
This summer, Atelier Māya is offering a small number of one-on-one sashiko masterclasses in collaboration with Keiko Oboshi, an experienced and well-known sashiko practitioner based in Berlin.
Our Block Print & Sashiko workshops have sold out almost every time we have offered them in Berlin. These masterclasses are the next step.
These specialist sessions are not introductory craft sessions. They are focused, individual experiences for people who want to learn sashiko from a professional practitioner. You will learn more about sashiko patterns and their place within a broader textile practice, and you get to spend time with Keiko in the atelier.
Masterclasses are available on request. Get in touch to discuss availability.
For sashiko masterclasses, one-on-one format only.
Get in touch to discuss your focus, experience level, and preferred dates, design@ateliermaya.eu.
Atelier Māya Summer Print Lab & Research Intensives
The research intensives are multi-day studio experiences for practitioners, designers, and artists who want to develop their practice and expand their textile and print practice within the atelier
They are not introductory workshops.
These textile experiences are for people who already have a relationship with making and want to develop it. We will also welcome serious beginners prepared to commit time and attention to the process of experimentation and discovery. We love to share our work in developing material intelligence through Print Thinking and deconstruction.
Participants work across multiple days within the atelier, building a focused body of work through block printing, wax resist, indigo, surface sampling, eco inks, and experimental textile processes.
Current intensive directions include:
- Wax Resist & Indigo Intensive
- Contemporary Block Printing Intensive
- Textile Sampling & Surface Research
- Responsible Colour Systems & Pigment Exploration
- Experimental Cloth & Material Practice
A five-day Summer Print Lab focused on contemporary print and colour research is currently in development for the end of August.
Details will be shared here and on Instagram shortly.
Sessions are priced individually. Get in touch to discuss your focus and dates, design@ateliermaya.eu
University, Design School & Group Sessions
Atelier Māya works with universities, design schools, and creative education groups looking to bring students into direct contact with block printing as a living design discipline. We explore print crafts not as historical references but as contemporary practices with their own logic, rigour, and creative potential. We share the stories of the master craftsmen we work with and hope to inspire the next generation of textile researchers and designers.
Students work hands-on with blocks, fibres, and colour systems within the atelier, developing both practical and conceptual understandings of print, repetition, and surface design.
Available group formats include:
- Introduction to Block Printing
- Print & Repeat
- Introduction to Indigo
Sessions are adapted to the group's level and focus.
Get in touch to discuss your programme and requirements with us, design@ateliermaya.eu
Cultural Partnerships & Community Collaborations
Atelier Māya collaborates with cultural communities, creative collectives, and independent groups throughout the summer on slow craft experiences, indigo gatherings, textile storytelling, and material-led events.
These small group collaborations are built around making, conversation, and shared process. They are not fixed programmes; each one takes its own shape depending on who is involved and what the work calls for.
If you are developing something that feels aligned, get in touch and tell us about it, design@ateliermaya.eu
A Slow Craft Summer Season
Summer at Māya is quieter by design.
Fewer sessions, smaller and more focused groups. More independent research time inside the atelier.
This period also supports Māya’s ongoing research into print culture, responsible colour, and contemporary textile practice. This is our time for experimentation, exploration and creativity; these slower months continue to shape everything that happens in the atelier.
For private sessions, research intensives, sashiko masterclasses, educational groups, or cultural collaborations, get in touch at design@ateliermaya.eu
Sessions are limited, and only a few dates remain.