In the Sheffield Pattern Club, we’ve been avoiding social media for a while, focussing on our email newsletter instead. This … More
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Tanglebots at Common Threads
This week we delivered a low-key workshop on tanglebots at Bare Project’s Common Threads festival on the Moor in Sheffield. … More
Alpaca Festival 2027: open call is now live!
We are very excited to announce that our Alpaca Festival of Algorithmic Patterns in the Creative Arts is back in … More
(un)weaving workshop, April 2026
We had a lot of fun running an unweaving, aka “reverse drafting” workshop in Sheffield last Tuesday! This was inspired … More
Open Call: Live coding group residency in Sheffield
We’re happy to open our call for local live coders to take part in a low-intensity residency! It’ll happen over … More
Pattern Club Winter School 2025 – short film
It took a little while to get the material together, but we’re super happy with this short film about the … More
Alpaca Festival and Conference
We’re happy to be hosting Alpaca Festival in Sheffield from 12-14th September 2025, exploring a wide variety of algorithmic patterns … More
Our first winter school is done!
Over the past month or so, we ran a pilot Sheffield Pattern Club Winter School. We had 24 applications, from … More
Welcome
Welcome to the pattern club hub! A “pattern club” is where people meet to explore patterns in craft, technology, music, … More
Open call: Algorithmic Pattern winter school in Sheffield
Open call for artists, designers, musicians, crafters, makers and other creative people in/around Sheffield. Deadline: 9pm, Monday 25th November, 2024. … More