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Textile art doesn’t just decorate. It transforms. <\/em><\/h3>\n

Every piece begins as a dialogue \u2014 hands and material, tradition and innovation, interior and environment.<\/em><\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1427330132202{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column reveal_effect=”fadeIn” reveal_duration=”0.7″ reveal_delay=”0.1″][lab_heading title=”About Me”][\/lab_heading][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”7\/12″ reveal_effect=”fadeInLab” reveal_duration=”1.5″ reveal_delay=”0.5″ css=”.vc_custom_1777582160069{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=””]In the forge workshop I made knots in metal bars. I was fascinated by not knowing where they began or where they ended. When my son was born, rope became the most honest answer: the same gesture, a different material, the same question.<\/p>\n

Every piece begins with a concept \u2014 a line from a book, a political situation, a flower, an image that stays with me. From there I imagine, handle rope, search for knots. I work with more than three hundred possibilities: the knot is not just technique, it is vocabulary.<\/p>\n

The material always ends up saying something I hadn’t planned. That is what interests me about the process: the conversation between intention and matter. What is made by hand takes time. Every gesture is intention \u2014 you have to correct, let it rest, verify.<\/p>\n

I believe aesthetics are also political \u2014 the visual and the sensory carry weight in how we feel, how we inhabit spaces, how we relate to the things around us.<\/p>\n

Beauty is not a luxury or a decoration: it is a counterweight. Against the lack of attention to detail that prevails, insisting on the quality of the gesture, the material and the form is also a form of resistance.<\/p>\n

My studio is a room of my own<\/em>. When I begin a piece, the mind activates in its search \u2014 connecting concepts, materials, references. When the hands work, the body settles. I know no better balance than that.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”5\/12″ reveal_effect=”fadeIn” reveal_duration=”1.5″ reveal_delay=”0.4″][vc_single_image image=”7667″ img_size=”large” css_animation=”none” css=”” el_class=”lab-bordered-image”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”80px”][lab_heading title=”Malimbus Studio”][\/lab_heading][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”7\/12″ css=”.vc_custom_1777582216476{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=””]The studio takes its name from the weaver bird of sub-Saharan Africa, whose intricately built nests are a quiet manifesto: structure, craft, and beauty are not separate things.<\/p>\n

Malimbus Studio creates textile pieces rooted in handcraft, sustainability, and a deep respect for slow processes. Each work is built from natural and recycled materials, understanding artistic practice as a form of conscious, responsible consumption.<\/p>\n

Manual work is not just a means \u2014 it is a position: a way of producing with care, reducing impact, and returning value to the time invested.<\/p>\n

Textile techniques \u2014 knotting, weaving, braiding, stitching \u2014 are used as tools for material research, where every decision responds to criteria of durability, coherence, and balance.<\/p>\n

Each piece is conceived in relation to the space and the people who inhabit it, seeking honest integration into domestic, cultural, or exhibition environments. Each work is a one-of-a-kind piece or part of a limited edition, conceived as a spatial and sensory experience.<\/p>\n

The studio also takes on bespoke projects and collaborations with professionals across disciplines, always guided by the same principles: sustainability, handcraft, and responsibility in the use of resources.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”5\/12″][vc_single_image image=”8754″ img_size=”large” css=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”80px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1187831627″ el_width=”80″ align=”center” css=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”80px”][lab_heading title=”Gabriela Malimbus – CV”][\/lab_heading][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1777492992308{padding-bottom: 120px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Selected CV<\/strong><\/p>\n

Textile artist specialising in bespoke and one-of-a-kind pieces for private spaces and exhibition projects. Work held in international collections, developed in collaboration with interior designers and architects. Exhibitions in Barcelona, Paris, and other European cities. Lectures at the Museu del Disseny de Barcelona; featured in publications including Selvedge Magazine<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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