His first forays into sculpture were experiments with plastic swizzle sticks.
Their hats are trimmed with swizzle sticks, foxtails and pipe cleaners.
Its long handle is similar to an iced tea spoon but is usually decorative and elegant - some variations mimic large swizzle sticks, with a disc at one end.
They go to a singles bar where they end up having a friendly competition of who can get the most swizzle sticks in one hour.
It is not possible simply to issue swizzle sticks to people.
The plan is that a swizzle stick will automatically be put into any drink served by bar staff.
The swizzle stick functions as a primitive and somewhat inefficient egg-beater.
The strong association of the ceremonial drink with a swizzle stick is pragmatic evidence for the etymology suggested.