Craft Action Collective
Craft Action Collective meets together to talk, discuss and make together. We learn new art-making techniques, whilst also thinking about injustice and hope. It’s quiet activism for everyone, including introverts, using the medium of craft to think about big issues.
Craft Action meets 6:30pm – 8pm every 1st & 3rd Tuesday of the month (except August)
Upcoming Sessions
| Mini Clay Sculptures Tuesday 18 February // 6:30pm – 8pm | Join us for a hands-on art workshop where participants will create clay sculptures in response to the Take Over exhibition ‘The Traces We Carry’. These sculptures will then be placed in a public space chosen by each participant—one that evokes discomfort—inviting a deeper conversation about vulnerability and safety in the spaces we occupy |
| Pancake Day Tuesday 4 March // 6:30pm – 8pm | It’s the time of year to feast together on pancakes. We’ll be thinking about why humans like to feast together, and how it can help us get through ‘leaner’ times. We’ll provide materials for pancakes – feel free to bring your favourite topping. |
| Dig for Survival & Wintergreen Oil Image Transfer Tuesday 18 March // 6:30pm – 8pm | We’ll be learning how to transfer printed images onto paper or wood using wintergreen oil – it’s a nifty way to apply images and words in any orientation or pattern you fancy. We’ll have a go at creating our own posters which think about climate change and growing for survival. |
| Printmaking: letterpress & texture printing Tuesday 1 April // 6:30pm – 8pm | Over the last few weeks, we’ve thought about posters which have been used at important moments in world history (the civil rights movement, women seeking the right to vote and the Dig for Victory campaign), and how these issues look in our world today. These sessions are an opportunity to think further and make prints about themes which you would like to return to. You are also very welcome if this is your first time coming along to Craft Action Collective – there will be plenty of printmaking to get stuck in with. |
| No Craft Action Tuesday 15 April | Break for Easter |
| Printmaking: Screenprinting Tuesday 6 May // 6:30pm – 8pm | Over the last few weeks, we’ve thought about posters which have been used at important moments in world history (the civil rights movement, women seeking the right to vote and the Dig for Victory campaign), and how these issues look in our world today. These sessions are an opportunity to think further and make prints about themes which you would like to return to. You are also very welcome if this is your first time coming along to Craft Action Collective – there will be plenty of printmaking to get stuck in with. |
Craft Action sessions focus on using art and craft activities to think deeply and respond to injustice in a gentle and careful way. We think about stories in the news or issues that are being highlighted through SAW’s exhibitions, and be creative together. It’s quiet activism for everyone, including introverts, using the medium of craft.
The crafts we use and topics we think about are varied. Last year, we thought about: climate change and biodiversity; storytelling as an act of protest; the news and who makes decisions about which stories are headlines; the housing crisis and how to disagree well. Crafts have included: lino printing, zine making, sewing, book making, letterpress printing, and making dyes from plants.
“I have found the Craft Collective workshops so welcoming, gently challenging and personally nurturing“
Craft Action group member
