A Cloth for the Lost Mills

By Hannah Lamb & Hannah Robson, with photography by Carolyn Mendelsohn.

Commissioned by 509 Arts.

In response to this commission Hannah Lamb and Hannah Robson were keen to convey their deep respect for the skill, experience and dexterous hands of textile workers. The result is a large-scale woven and printed cloth, made in Bradford and inspired by their visits to ‘lost’ textile mills.

The woven cloth was designed and woven by Robson, using a power jacquard loom at Bradford School of Art. This is layered with printed imagery developed by Lamb, including the names of lost mills and the year of their demise.
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A Cloth for the Lost Mills by Hannah Lamb & Hannah Robson. Photo: Hannah Robson.

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A Cloth for the Lost Mills by Hannah Lamb & Hannah Robson. Photo: Hannah Robson.

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A Cloth for the Lost Mills by Hannah Lamb & Hannah Robson. Photo: Hannah Robson.

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A Cloth for the Lost Mills by Hannah Lamb & Hannah Robson. Photo: Hannah Robson.

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A Cloth for the Lost Mills by Hannah Lamb & Hannah Robson. Photo: Hannah Robson.

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A Cloth for the Lost Mills by Hannah Lamb & Hannah Robson. Photo: Hannah Robson.

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A Cloth for the Lost Mills by Hannah Lamb & Hannah Robson. Photo: Hannah Robson.

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A Cloth for the Lost Mills by Hannah Lamb & Hannah Robson. Photo: Hannah Robson.

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A Cloth for the Lost Mills by Hannah Lamb & Hannah Robson. Photo: Hannah Robson.

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A Cloth for the Lost Mills by Hannah Lamb & Hannah Robson. Photo: Hannah Robson.

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A Cloth for the Lost Mills by Hannah Lamb & Hannah Robson. Photo: Hannah Robson.

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A Cloth for the Lost Mills by Hannah Lamb & Hannah Robson. Photo: Hannah Robson.

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Bringing the cloth to the centre of former textile communities was an important part of this project. Photographer Carolyn Mendelsohn, has captured the work at derelict mill sites around the Bradford district. A Cloth for the Lost Mills pays homage to Bradford’s textile industries, echoing the fading rhythms of place and people.


With thanks to: 
Bradford School of Art (Bradford College)
Anand Milan Elderly Centre
The Photograph Archive of Bradford District Museums & Galleries.

A Cloth for the Lost Mills is now in the permanent collection of Bradford Museums & Galleries.
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A Cloth for the Lost Mills

By Hannah Lamb & Hannah Robson. Photo: Carolyn Mendelsohn.
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A Cloth for the Lost Mills

By Hannah Lamb & Hannah Robson. Photo: Carolyn Mendelsohn.
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A Cloth for the Lost Mills

By Hannah Lamb & Hannah Robson. Photo: Carolyn Mendelsohn.
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A Cloth for the Lost Mills

By Hannah Lamb & Hannah Robson. Photo: Carolyn Mendelsohn.
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A Cloth for the Lost Mills

By Hannah Lamb & Hannah Robson. Photo: Carolyn Mendelsohn.
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A Cloth for the Lost Mills

By Hannah Lamb & Hannah Robson. Photo: Carolyn Mendelsohn.
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A Cloth for the Lost Mills

By Hannah Lamb & Hannah Robson. Photo: Carolyn Mendelsohn.
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A Cloth for the Lost Mills

By Hannah Lamb & Hannah Robson. Photo: Carolyn Mendelsohn.
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