Machteld Lambeets
Machteld Lambeets is an experimental artist and object maker living and working in Belgium. Her work starts from an in depth material research and experimentation with the techniques linked to those materials. While exploring ways to craft in a responsible and sustainable way, she also creates work intended to trigger the users curiosity.
What was the inspiration for your Steinbeisser pieces?
I got inspired by the challenge of changing the way we talk and handle food at the dining table. On my pieces, the food has to be stacked in a different way than you would normally. On the other hand, dinners are typically meals that can be quite formal. I aimed to create pieces that could bring some fun, wonder or confusion to the table.
Describe your work in 3 words!
Playful. Bold. Shy.
What kind of materials do you use and where do you get them from?
I use bioresin, slate, wood and other, mostly natural materials. I buy the bioresin from a French company. I try to recycle most of the materials that I use. I like to find materials that are almost becoming waste, but that I can save or turn them into new exciting pieces. The wood shavings come from a furniture company, the wooden pieces are from an arborist and the slate pieces belonged to various people that had no use for them anymore.
What have you rebelled against in the past and what are you rebelling against now?
In the past I rebelled against the opinion that others had of my person. Now I rebel against my own opinions and that of others about the norms and aesthetics of crafts.