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Morphus VII
Maker: Warburton, Gizella
Wrapped and stitched fibrous vessel, mixed media
Tall circular vessel constructed from thinly applied layers of fibrous material. Straight sides rise from a semi-spherical base to a slightly smaller irregular rim, with two vertical spaces in one side. Threads have been wound in an uneven pattern around the base, finished with a knot and loose ends, and there are eight stitches to one side. The vessel is black, with wide band of thinly applied white around the middle which shows up the fibrous construction. The underside is a very small flat circle.
History note: Art Direct, London, from where purchased by the donors.
Given by Nicholas and Judith Goodison through The Art Fund
Diameter: 25 cm
Height: 44 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (2017-11-20) by Goodison, Nicholas and Judith
20th Century, Late#
Elizabeth II
Circa
2010
CE
-
2017
CE
Gizella Warburton achieved a BA in Woven Textiles at Manchester School of Art in 1989, followed by further studies at the University of Derby.
She has worked on a number of partnership projects with galleries, contemporary craft organisations, schools and colleges. Her textile and mixed media pieces explore line, texture, surface and mark-making . Gizella describes her ‘Morphus’ vessels as ‘wrapped and sculpted vessel forms, quietly resonant of internal and external skins, of scarred and fissured surfaces, of abrasions, bindings and sutures’, which have evolved through the tactile and contemplative process of drawing with paper, cloth and thread. The series enabled her to explore material qualities, spatial balance, depth of tone and surface detail.
Decoration
Wrapping : Wrapped, stitched and painted fibrous material
Accession number: M.4-2017
Primary reference Number: 222915
Entry form no.: 1336
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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