Gizella K Warburton
Cylo II
Vessel form - fibre, mixed media, weathered wood
Height 25cm x Width 10cm
 
We are drawn to Gizella’s work for its quiet material poetry and profound sense of presence. Her wall works, sculptural pieces, and installations emerge through a dialogue with slate, weathered wood, woven and printed cloth, and thread. Each surface carries traces of touch and time — layered, abraded, burnished — revealing or concealing details as light and shadow move across them.
Her practice is rooted in tactile contemplation, where drawing becomes an act of weaving, binding, and suturing. Recent sculptural vessels explore the relationship between inner and outer space — between what is held and what is released. Some forms are delicate, bowl-like containers of breath and balance; others stand as totemic figures shaped by ritual gestures of wrapping, knotting, and burning.
Across years of making, a personal cypher has emerged — a quiet cross or ‘cruci’ that threads through her work as both wound and repair, mark and meaning. It is, for Gizella, a symbol of being — the woven language of a life lived through material and touch.
 
'as I weave and wrap, the paths I have chosen...the spaces I have passed through...those I have
encountered... emotions I have felt...all leave traces that are woven into the layers and coils of the
work... leaving the strata and resonance of being within.... and ever the quiet incantation of the
fibre.’