Swig & Weave

Home
Swig & Weave

A regular craft night in Worthing. Get creative, learn new skills, make friends!
(1)

Swig & Weave is all about trying something new and being creative (and if you fancy a cheeky tipple at the same time, that's fine too!)

We think Worthing is the perfect spot for a regular craft night so follow us here and on Instagram for updates about upcoming events.

07/09/2024

A few text-based collages from my recent Dada Poetry Workshop.

The artists in this movement were big fans of collage. They referred to their photomontages as ‘visual poems’. They also played with text, cutting up newspapers to form surreal poems.

Of course, this is just one way to collage with words, but it’s one I tend to default to. I’m really looking forward to the next collage club - my intention is to try break away from old habits and use words more visually.

If you fancy joining me (and .by.battenade), head to the link in my bio to grab your ticket 🔗

01/09/2024

A few of my favourite angles from the “Still Life” assemblage from collage club last week ✨

07/08/2024

It Started With The Starlings by Chris Snow ()

This beautiful book has been winging its way around the UK, being filled up with creative ponderings by each recipient. The other week it was my turn.

The book is a celebration of Brighton and the joy of looking up, as well as our winged friends of course. 🐦

If you stand in just the right spot on Worthing Pier at dusk, you find yourself in the middle of an avian rush hour. It’s dynamic and breathtaking. In my response, I wanted to suggest a bit of that movement with an interactive element.

Who remembers learning about contour lines on the overhead projector at school? Layer by elevated layer, a 3D image forms on the screen. If I’m honest, 8-year-old me thought that was pretty cool (I still do). That memory served as my inspiration.

If you are curious about the book and want to see what delights are inside, take a look at the hashtag - . It’s not quite flown home to roost yet, and has more plans for it so make sure to look (it) up ⬆️

24/07/2024

✨Some pattern inspiration for this evening ✨

Bridget Riley is a British painter who plays with pattern to create optical illusions. By painting images that change as you moving around them, Riley’s work isn’t so much about WHAT you see, but HOW you see 👀

I took these pictures at an exhibition back in 2020. Like a lot of abstract paintings, they are best viewed in person but they are fun to contemplate!

There’s still time to grab a ticket tonight if you want to have a go at collaging your own Riley-inspired pattern ✂️

🔗 Ticket link in bio
by.battenade

12/07/2024

I’m very excited to be involved with ’s 1st birthday festival celebrations! 🎂

There will be SO MUCH happening so do check out their website. My slice of birthday cake is in the form of a Dada Poetry Workshop.

📆 Saturday 31st August
⏰ 2-4pm
🏠Chapter 34, Shoreham by Sea

🤔 What is Dada?

Dada was an art movement created as a reaction to the horrors of the First World War. Seeking to break down logic and language, the poets in this movement took to cutting up newspapers with scissors. They then rearranged them at random to create nonsensical poems – sometimes funny, sometimes satirical.

🌟 About the workshop

We’ll be embracing the Dada principles of nonsense, irrationality, and intuition! You’ll try a number of techniques to make a series of poems. At the end, you’ll have a small zine of your own Dada poems to take away with you.

It doesn’t matter if you’ve never written a poem before, and they definitely don’t need to rhyme!

Learn more and book your place via the link in my bio 🔗

03/07/2024

Coffee, croissant and collage - what more could anyone want?

Q***r Creatives at 2-7 July

11/06/2024

Geometry in art has a long history - from the decorative forms of Islamic titles to the (comparatively) modern paintings of Mondrian.

When it comes to collage, shapes, angles and lines give us a lot to play around with. And by not worrying about how to accurately represent something, you’re free to focus on the composition and what you reckon looks good 🤩

Take a look at this arty inspiration, and if you fancy creating your own geometric collage, grab a ticket for our next collage night on Wed 19th.

🎟️ Link in bio

Image 1 - Benode Behari Mukherjee,
Two Triangles (1957)

Image 2 - Felicia Browne
Untitled abstract [linocut] print of geometric shape

Image 3 - Hélio Oiticica
Spatial Relief (red) REL 036 (1959)

01/06/2024

The University of Brighton’s Summer Show is now on until June 8 at Grand Parade. I particularly enjoyed these paintings by (yes, you are allowed to touch them).

Go check out them out and the other talented artists, makers and thinkers ✨

30/05/2024

✨ Collage Club with .by.battenade ✨

is the place to be on June 19th if you want to come collage with us. The theme will be ‘Geometric’ - shapes and angles galore!

📅 Wed 19th June
⏰ 6.30pm - 8.30pm
🏠 The Circular Space
🎟️ Tickets via eventbrite (link in our IG bio)

Members of get 10% off

18/05/2024

One week to go!

09/05/2024

Lost a bit of my creative mojo recently. I find in these situations, it’s best not to force it and just do some ‘busy work’ instead. This approach resulted in me sorting my scrap fabric into colour-coordinated piles. Now I have a new creative problem to solve - how do I store these 🤔

—
✨Upcoming events✨

Wed 15th May
Circular Collage Club
6.30-8.30pm

Sat 25th May
REclaim Festival, Collage Drop-in
All day

Mon 27th May
REclaim Festival, Blackout Poetry Workshop
10–11.30am

Info and tickets via the bio link

04/05/2024

Really looking forward to this! Come see me Saturday and Monday 🤩

25/04/2024

A fun and fabulous collage night, hunting in for paper to rip up 🙌🏻

We then tucked into .by.battenade’s homemade flapjacks and chatted while creating our collages ✨

Join in the fun next month’s, where the theme will be Bodies 🦵🖐️👄

🗓️ Wed 15th May
⏰ 6.30 - 8.30pm
🎟️ Link in bio

23/04/2024

What will you find in ? 👀

As all items are donated, you never quite know what you’re going to find. I’m a little bit in love with that pink and purple record sleeve 💜

There are still tickets left for the Circular Collage Club with .by.battenade tomorrow evening - grab yours via the link in our bio.

29/03/2024

It’s a good Friday (ahem) when you finish a cross stitch. This little one was part of my charity shop haul. For me, the second best thing about cross stitch (the first being how relaxing it is) is how little backstitch flourishes can really complete a design 🪡 🤩

What’s on your craft table this weekend?

24/03/2024

I should be cleaning the flat. Instead I’m carrying on ‘stitching’ off the places I’ve visited. What are you avoiding this Sunday? 🙈

21/03/2024

Happy World Poetry Day! ✍🏻

Here’s a small selection of found poems created in a workshop I held at last weekend.

Want to have a go crafting a poetic masterpiece from books and magazines? I’ll be running this workshop at ’s REclaim festival in May - details coming soon!

20/03/2024

A blooming marvellous collage club tonight ☺️ Featuring daffodils, homemade shortbread (kindly provided by co-host .by.battenade), lovely conversations and wonderful creativity.

Did you know has boxes of stickers? I had a cheerful time raiding those to create my spring-themed mandala. Happy vernal equinox, everyone! 🌷 🌞

17/03/2024

Blooming on a tectonic scale 🌺

Circular Collage Club this Wednesday! And if you haven’t guessed it, this month’s theme is ‘Bloom’. Come cut and stick with .by.battenade and I over at .

⏰ 6.30pm - 8.30pm
🎟️ Ticket link in bio

members get 10% off

16/03/2024

Obligatory messy table shot 🤩

Today’s Found Poetry Workshop at was sublime. Warm, open conversations sparked by the words that leapt out to us from the table. I can’t wait to run this one again.

14/03/2024

A lovely lunch at , creatively plotting and scheming with for . ( was with us in spirit, thanks to her wonderful artwork on display).

Not pictured - hand stitched quilts and samples that we both brought with us 🧵 🪡

11/03/2024

Two little tutus blossoming on the carpet 🌺 🌸

I’m 6ft tall. My hips are wide. I take up space. I also do ballet. I don’t dance particularly well and I’m quite ok with that. I dance for the joy of it. However, a small part of me would like to dress the part of one day.

These two handmade tutus were a fun project - they’ll be going into a raffle this Saturday to raise funds for the dance school I attend - . Do check her page out if you have ever wanted to unleash your inner ballerina 🩰

Now, how much tulle do I need for a me-sized tutu 🤔

07/03/2024

.by.battenade’s lovely flyer for Circular Collage Club 😍 Tickets for March are ready to be grabbed via the link in my bio 🎟️

01/03/2024

At my mum’s this weekend, which means more hag stone content ✨

This lovely illustration is by . I picked it up at , along with the pebble. Now it hangs in my Mum’s craft room in Derbyshire.

The pebble is stubborn and has not revealed its secrets yet 🤫

28/02/2024

Just a reminder that there's no Circular Collage Club tonight

24/02/2024

Today has been a good day 🌞

The Morning (pic 01): A work in progress kawandi quilt. This workshop was run by the ever lovely and knowledgeable over at (follow them both to find out about other workshops coming up). I foresee a lot of quilting in my future using this technique - such a great way to use up scraps. 🧵

Early Afternoon (pic 02): I joined the stitching group at as the team behind Sussex Blazing Saddles were there talking about their project. Sussex has a rich heritage of pioneering women, including the Victorians who hitched up their skirts and mounted (mens) bikes. Visit the website to find out more 🚲

Late afternoon (pic 03): Mounting my own bike, I peddled over to in Shoreham to pick up this gem by . Jordan creates amazing data visualisation using embroidery - inspiring stuff, which will be informing a personal project of mine later in the year.

Now I’m popping my feet up with, what I feel is, a well deserved cuppa ☕️

22/02/2024

Did you know stones with holes - also known as hag stones - can bring good luck and protection?

This is my contribution to ’s ongoing project. Sometimes when we’re hurt, it’s easy to hold onto that feeling and feed it until it morphs into something cold and hard. This is my reminder to feel the feels, then chuck that hurt right into the sea.

Visit ‘s profile to learn more and see other people’s contributions ✨

(Plus swipe 👉🏻 to see how my mum is looking to manifest protection against the apocalypse 😅)

18/02/2024

One of my favourite things about our Embroidered Postcards workshop is finding the postcards to embroider! Picked up this lovely lot from yesterday.

Feel inspired? Come down to on Tuesday 27th 😁

17/02/2024

Throwback - .by.battenade looking radiant before our first collage night last month 🤩

We’re back there again on Wed 28th - grab your ticket from the link in the bio.

Address

Website

https://www.instagram.com/swigandweave/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Swig & Weave posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Swig & Weave:

Videos

Another successful collage club ☺️ Old faces, new faces but as always, joyous conversation and amazing creativity. Already looking forward to the next one on August 28th! #circularcollageclub #collage #pattern #craftnight #shorehambysea #collageclub

Never been to the Circular Collage Club before? Here’s a little sample of what to expect 🤩 Join us for the next one, where we’ll be playing with Pattern (check out @papermade.by.battenade’s profile for some fabulous inspiration ✨) 🗓️ Wed 24th July ⏰ 6.30pm - 8.30pm 🏠 The Circular Space 🔗 Link in bio #circularcollageclub #collage #craftworkshop #shorehambysea

REClaim today! Pop on down and add to the word collage! 💚 #shorehambysea #reclaim #reuserepurposerecycle #collage

Amazing effort from everyone who came to the Sussex Blazing Saddles bloomer and sash sewing workshop today at @crew_worthing ⚡️🚴‍♀️ Follow @kpprojectscic for more updates about this project - including an exhibition that will take place at Worthing Museum in June. #SussexBlazingSaddles #Worthing #womencyclists #womencyclingapparel #localheritage #upcyledfashion #refashion

Found Poetry Workshop this Saturday at @chapter34books 📣 Here’s a short video explaining the blackout poetry technique. Seemingly simple but also pleasingly challenging. There will be plenty of texts, magazines pages and more to play around with on Saturday, so if you want to simply collage words and phrases, that is also absolutely fine ☺️ 🎟️ Ticket link in bio #foundpoetry #collage #poetryworkshop #shorehambysea #worthing

International Women’s Day ✊🏻 Here is a very small selection of creative women from history I personally find inspiring. Look them up, read their stories, appreciate their work. Then seek out others who inspire you (especially those whose stories are often left out of the history books). #internationalwomensday #femaleartists #iwd2024

✨March Update✨ 📅 Sat 9th - Paper Jumble Sale @thescrapspace 📅 Sat 16th - Found Poetry Workshop @chapter34books 📅 Wed 20th - Circular Collage Club @thescrapspace Big shout out to @papermade.by.battenade for the exquisite flyer for collage club 🙌🏻 More info and ticket links on the website - swigandweave.co.uk #circularcollageclub #swigandweave #worthingevents #shorehambysea #collage #poetry #foundpoetry #craftworkshops

A face for radio 😅 Thanks @bbcradiosussex for having me on to talk about tomorrow’s craft night! And here’s that URL again… ✨swigandweave.co.uk ✨

✨A magical evening making intention banners ✨ We spoke about our hopes for this year and what we want more of - community, parties, freedom and FUN 🤩 Thanks to @bottleandjug for being lovely hosts - @tidelinetrashandtreasures and I felt very welcome 🤗 #worthing #craftnight #swigandweave

The @bottleandjug is a lovely space to spend an evening in ☺️ Looking forward to getting back there on Wednesday - this time with @tidelinetrashandtreasures 🙌🏻 Reel created using snaps from the Delightful Decoupage session last November (using recycled bottles from the shop) #worthing #independentworthing #shoplocal

Get ready to cut up Xmas 2023 ✂️! It’s cold and stormy outside so I make no apologies for thinking about Christmas puddings 🤭 But this recipe card will definitely come in handy later on in the year. There are still tickets left for our very first collage night, co-hosted with @papermade.by.battenade. Come along and ignite your creative energy for 2024 ✨ 📆Wed 24th ⏰6.30-8.30pm 🏠 @thescrapspace Tickets via eventbrite (link in bio)

Treasures from @thescrapspace 😍

What goes into stitched rock pool? 🤔 This craft is all about texture and shape. Shells, driftwood small pebbles work wonderfully. But really anything small that’s lying around can be used. Come stitch your own rock pool at the Swig & Weave craft night 🌟 🗓Wednesday 18th 🏠@cellarartsclub ⏰6.30pm - 9pm #swigandweave #worthing #sewing #craftnight

We can’t wait to be back at @cellarartsclub in the new year - activity to be confirmed (it’ll be a new one!) but make sure you pop Jan 18th in your diaries 🙌🏻

When you stay with your mum and get sewing room envy 😍 #sewing #craftroom #handmade

Shortcuts

Address
Alerts
Contact The Business
Videos
Claim ownership or report listing
Want your business to be the top-listed Event Planning Service?

Country:

City: