Sally Yates

Sally Yates serves as a Technical Tutor in Printed Textiles/Dyeing Textile Design, managing print room workshops and dye labs at the School of Design and Creative Arts. With over 20 years of expertise, she specializes in fabric and yarn dyeing, print paste formulation, and technical processes such as devore, foiling, flocking, and synthetic heat setting. Her role emphasizes teaching textile students precision in dyeing, printing, and finishing techniques to achieve professional-quality outcomes.

Her technical proficiency spans various dye types including acid, direct, procion, disperse, vat dyes for discharge printing, and indigo shibori. She also oversees design-to-repeat processes for fabric production and collaborates with industry on fabric ranges for fashion, interiors, and wallpaper.

Sally’s work integrates academic instruction with hands-on workshop management, ensuring students gain advanced technical skills while supporting practical applications in textile design industries.