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
Craft Action Collective: Mapping a better future
Maps have often been used to show topography, wealth or statistics. How can we use maps to communicate information with empathy? Can we make maps that depict and inspire a better future? We’ll look at maps designed by both artists and statisticians. We’ll learn screenprinting to design our own maps which either highlight inequality or are a vision for a more positive future.
Craft Action Collective: Advent crafting
Come and make geometric Christmas baubles from recycled materials. We’ll be thinking about what we’ve been thankful for this year and what we’re hopeful for in the coming year.
Craft Action Collective will return on Tuesday 20th January 2026
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
