Wholesale/ trade info
Hannah Lamb sells her textiles through shops and galleries in the UK and
most items are available on a wholesale basis. If you are a buyer and would
like details of wholesale prices, please send details of your company/
organisation to Hannah Lamb at:
16a Ashfield Terrace
Bingley
West Yorkshire
BD16 1EQ
ENGLAND
or email: hannahjlamb@hotmail.com
Student info
Hannah Lamb receives a large number of enquiries from students wanting to
know more about her work. As a lecturer herself (at Bradford School of Art)
Hannah appreciates how important it is for young designers to find out more
about practicing designer makers and so she endevours to help as much as
possible.
Please read through all the information provided on this website before
you contact Hannah directly – you may find the answers to your questions,
which may save you time.
If you still need to contact Hannah for more information please be
specific about the information you need and send your questions with a SAE
to the address on the ‘Contact details’ page. Please allow plenty of time
as Hannah is very busy and your reply make take time.
Some commonly asked questions answered
What inspires you?
As with most artists and designers I can’t help but be influenced by most
things I see and experience, but some things have a special resonance for
me. Currently I am very strongly influenced by historical domestic textile
crafts such as quilting, patching, mending, knitting and simple embroidery.
Both the materials and the process of making them are a source of inspiration.
I have always loved historical garments and textiles, and I enjoy visiting
museums like the V&A, Pitt Rivers and the Whitworth Art Gallery.
Have textile crafts always been a part of you lifestyle?
I learnt to sew and embroider at home as a child, taught by my Mum. I
grew up surrounded by materials and sewing paraphenalia and my Mum made a
lot of my clothes. It seemed a natural progression to study embroidery at
university and I loved the fact it was such an unnusual degree course.
Why do you use recycled materials in your work?
Although environmental issues are important to me on a personal level,
using recycled materials in my work was a more instinctive action. Growing
up in a very thrifty family nothing was wasted and many things were re used
and reinvented quite imaginatively. Reusing materials and making use of
old things makes sense to me and I enjoy working with things that already
have a life and personality.
Do you offer work experience placements?
I appreciate how difficult it is to get placements but due to my studio
being in my home it can be tricky for me to offer places. Sometimes I may
be able to offer unpaid placements for one week per student in the summer
vacation. If you would like to be considered for a placement please send
your contact details and CV to the address on the contacts page.
Curriculum Vitae
Born
1978 Buckinghamshire, England
Education
BA (Hons) Embroidery – First Class: Manchester Metropolitan University 1998 – 2001
Lecturing
- 2004 to present - Associate Lecturer Bradford College (BA Hons. Textile Design)
- 2002/3 Part-time Lecturer, Coventry University (BA Hons. Contemporary Craft)
- 2003 Visiting Tutor, University of Central England (BA Hons. Textiles)
- 2001 Visiting Tutor, University of Hertfordshire (BA Hons. Applied & Media Arts)
Selected Exhibitions
| 2006 |
‘Designer Crafts 2006’ Society of Designer Craftsmen, at Mall Galleries, London
‘British Craft Trade Fair’, Harrogate
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| 2005 |
‘Tekstil Kunst’ Galleri Excentrisk, Denmark
‘Deconstruct: Reconstruct’ Bilston Craft Gallery, W.Midlands
‘Select’ Yorkshire Craft Centre, Bradford
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| 2004 |
‘No Place Like Home’ Ferrers Gallery, Leicestershire
‘Design For Living’ Bradford Industrial Museum, W.Yorkshire
Valentines exhibition, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool
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| 2003 |
‘Hereford Contemporary Craft Fair’, Landmark Arts Centre, Hereford
‘Spring and Buy’ The City Gallery, Leicester
‘Made in the Middle’, touring West Midlands from 2002 to 2004
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| 2002 |
‘Chelsea Crafts Fair 2002’, Week 2, London
‘The Garden Show’, Sanderson George & Peach, W.Yorkshire
‘One Year On’, Crafts Council at New Designers, BDC, London
‘Designer Crafts 2002’, Mall Galleries, London
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Awards
- Next Move – Awarded by the Crafts Council, Business residency at Coventry University. Awarded March 2002
- Creative Ambitions Award – Awarded by West Midlands Arts, Sept. 2002
- ‘Talent Around Britain’ bursary 2004 - shortlisted by BBC Homes & Antiques
- Grants for the Arts – awarded by Arts Council, Yorkshire, 2004
Professional Activities
Member of The Society Of Designer Craftsmen
Work represented on Crafts Council’s Photostore
What's On / News
Hannah Lamb will be exhibiting and selling work at:
Regular Stockists:
Liberty of London
Regent Street
London
(pincushions are stocked in the haberdashery department)
@ Work
35 Ponsonby Terrace
Pimlico
London
Tel: 020 7821 9723
www.atworkgallery.co.uk
Exhibitions:
Mid January to April 2008
The Crafts Centre and Design Gallery
City Art Gallery
The Headrow
Leeds
Tel: 0113 247 8241
www.craftcentreleeds.co.uk
'Reclaiming Beauty'
3rd May to 15th June 2008
The Devon Guild of Craftsmen
Riverside Mill
Bovey Tracey
Devon
Tel: 01626 832223
www.crafts.org.uk
