Strandline - Sussex Craft Week 2026

Sussex Craft Week 2026 is about celebrating excellence in craftsmanship and recognising Sussex’s place as both the hub of the contemporary craft revival, and the home of heritage craft.  It will be held  20-28 June, in venues across East and West Sussex. You can find out more about Sussex Craft Week here

Strandline brings together three bodies of work shaped directly by Worthing’s coastline.

Jubal Prevatte’s Groyne Wood Collection transforms timber salvaged from local sea defences into turned bowls, and forms, preserving the marks left by salt, weather and time. Wendy March’s indigo-dyed textiles explore the colour and rhythm of the sea through natural dye processes, creating lampshades and cloth pieces rich in depth and variation. Seaweed pressings by Sarah Wallace (@SeasideMoocher) document plant forms gathered along the shoreline, recording their delicate structures and fleeting beauty.

Together, the exhibition explores how the sea alters, preserves and leaves behind materials, and how these remnants can be reworked into beautiful, useful objects.

Wendy March is a textile artist and co-founder of Chintz & Wood. Working from the studio above the shop, she creates cushions, lampshades and textile pieces using vintage and deadstock fabrics, natural dyes and small-batch processes.

For Strandline, Wendy explores the colours, marks and movement of the sea through indigo-dyed textiles, creating pieces that reflect the shifting blues of the Worthing coastline and the quiet rhythm of materials shaped by hand.

Jubal Prevatte's turned work is an exploration into the stories told by trees and the lands around them. Using only responsibly sourced timber, he wants to remind others of the importance of the trees and nature around us.Growing up in the woodlands of America, his early career was carpentry and cabinet making in Washington DC and later Portland, Oregon. After relocating with his partner Wendy to Worthing in 2023 he has focused on creating turned objects.

"I've dismissed the idea of mastering my craft or the material...instead seeking to allow the wood and it's stories be the master of me."

Sarah Wallace, the artist behind Seasidemoocher is a nature lover and seaside forager. Growing up on the Jurassic Coast was an unforgettable experience and sparked her lifelong love of the natural world.

Nature and art have been a constant in her life and the traditional art of seaweed pressing, with its rich and remarkable history, inspired her on my own pressing journey after relocating to Sussex.