Max Lamb reimagines surplus wool for Useful/Beautiful
Channel: CraftsCouncil
Date: 2019-06-07

For the first Harewood House Biennial, designer Max Lamb – known for his experimental and imaginative use of materials – gathered 50kg of vegetation from around the Georgian manor in Yorkshire, and used extracts from these to hand-dye a series of rugs, made from surplus wool from the Yorkshire carpet trade. The random surface patterns and unusual shapes contrast with the classical lines of the Yellow Drawing Room, originally design by Robert Adam, where they are displayed as part of an exhibition of 26 makers celebrating contemporary craft.

In this film – co-produced by Crafts magazine, the Crafts Council and Harewood House – the team that worked on the commission with Lamb tell us more.

'Useful/Beautiful: Why Craft Matters’ runs until 1 September 2019 at Harewood House, Leeds, LS17 9LG https://biennial.harewood.org