The Gallery of Contemporary Textile Artists
Shelly Goldsmith
United Kingdom
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Artist's Statement
Visual artist Shelly Goldsmith uses textile materials and processes as a metaphor for imagining how psychological states, emotions and memories associated with human fragility and loss can be made visible in cloth. A trained fertility nurse, past work has explored the fluid systems of the body in relation to the beginning and the end of the human lifecycle and parallels these bodily systems and meteorology. (Liz Whitehead - Director, Fabrica, Brighton - 2008)
Although trained as a weaver, the use of reclaimed garments has been a major element of the sculptural and installation work Goldsmith has produced over the last few years.
Listening carefully to the stories that anonymous reclaimed garments suggest and to the narrative that unfolds. Goldsmith is fascinated by cloths imagined ability to carry memory, to absorb and reflect physical experience. Recent work explores staining and psychological seepage, left as residue onto the inside of garments and the powerful veneer of cloth that stands between us and the world, often a veil to the interior storm.
The work is informed by medical and forensic partnerships. Process is specifically chosen to feed and reinforce the concept, whether it be weaving, heat transfer or using the extreme heat of a laser to scold and burn the cloths surface; alter on a molecular level.
Shelly’s metaphors of flooding, staining, and seepage may also be applied to the processes of the unconscious she explores. Shelly’s work offers opportunities for the viewer to participate in a stream of consciousness that may bring fresh perspectives – not only to traditional skills and processes (the textile media she employs), but also to a fundamental understanding of ourselves, our relationship with the world we inhabit, and the residues we leave behind. (Jane Wildgoose: Reviewing the Data, Charting the Flow , Essay - 2009) -
Artist's Statement
Visual artist Shelly Goldsmith uses textile materials and processes as a metaphor for imagining how psychological states, emotions and memories associated with human fragility and loss can be made visible in cloth. A trained fertility nurse, past work has explored the fluid systems of the body in relation to the beginning and the end of the human lifecycle and parallels these bodily systems and meteorology. (Liz Whitehead - Director, Fabrica, Brighton - 2008)
Although trained as a weaver, the use of reclaimed garments has been a major element of the sculptural and installation work Goldsmith has produced over the last few years.
Listening carefully to the stories that anonymous reclaimed garments suggest and to the narrative that unfolds. Goldsmith is fascinated by cloths imagined ability to carry memory, to absorb and reflect physical experience. Recent work explores staining and psychological seepage, left as residue onto the inside of garments and the powerful veneer of cloth that stands between us and the world, often a veil to the interior storm.
The work is informed by medical and forensic partnerships. Process is specifically chosen to feed and reinforce the concept, whether it be weaving, heat transfer or using the extreme heat of a laser to scold and burn the cloths surface; alter on a molecular level.
Shelly’s metaphors of flooding, staining, and seepage may also be applied to the processes of the unconscious she explores. Shelly’s work offers opportunities for the viewer to participate in a stream of consciousness that may bring fresh perspectives – not only to traditional skills and processes (the textile media she employs), but also to a fundamental understanding of ourselves, our relationship with the world we inhabit, and the residues we leave behind. (Jane Wildgoose: Reviewing the Data, Charting the Flow , Essay - 2009) -
Artist's Statement
Visual artist Shelly Goldsmith uses textile materials and processes as a metaphor for imagining how psychological states, emotions and memories associated with human fragility and loss can be made visible in cloth. A trained fertility nurse, past work has explored the fluid systems of the body in relation to the beginning and the end of the human lifecycle and parallels these bodily systems and meteorology. (Liz Whitehead - Director, Fabrica, Brighton - 2008)
Although trained as a weaver, the use of reclaimed garments has been a major element of the sculptural and installation work Goldsmith has produced over the last few years.
Listening carefully to the stories that anonymous reclaimed garments suggest and to the narrative that unfolds. Goldsmith is fascinated by cloths imagined ability to carry memory, to absorb and reflect physical experience. Recent work explores staining and psychological seepage, left as residue onto the inside of garments and the powerful veneer of cloth that stands between us and the world, often a veil to the interior storm.
The work is informed by medical and forensic partnerships. Process is specifically chosen to feed and reinforce the concept, whether it be weaving, heat transfer or using the extreme heat of a laser to scold and burn the cloths surface; alter on a molecular level.
Shelly’s metaphors of flooding, staining, and seepage may also be applied to the processes of the unconscious she explores. Shelly’s work offers opportunities for the viewer to participate in a stream of consciousness that may bring fresh perspectives – not only to traditional skills and processes (the textile media she employs), but also to a fundamental understanding of ourselves, our relationship with the world we inhabit, and the residues we leave behind. (Jane Wildgoose: Reviewing the Data, Charting the Flow , Essay - 2009) -
Artist's Statement
Visual artist Shelly Goldsmith uses textile materials and processes as a metaphor for imagining how psychological states, emotions and memories associated with human fragility and loss can be made visible in cloth. A trained fertility nurse, past work has explored the fluid systems of the body in relation to the beginning and the end of the human lifecycle and parallels these bodily systems and meteorology. (Liz Whitehead - Director, Fabrica, Brighton - 2008)
Although trained as a weaver, the use of reclaimed garments has been a major element of the sculptural and installation work Goldsmith has produced over the last few years.
Listening carefully to the stories that anonymous reclaimed garments suggest and to the narrative that unfolds. Goldsmith is fascinated by cloths imagined ability to carry memory, to absorb and reflect physical experience. Recent work explores staining and psychological seepage, left as residue onto the inside of garments and the powerful veneer of cloth that stands between us and the world, often a veil to the interior storm.
The work is informed by medical and forensic partnerships. Process is specifically chosen to feed and reinforce the concept, whether it be weaving, heat transfer or using the extreme heat of a laser to scold and burn the cloths surface; alter on a molecular level.
Shelly’s metaphors of flooding, staining, and seepage may also be applied to the processes of the unconscious she explores. Shelly’s work offers opportunities for the viewer to participate in a stream of consciousness that may bring fresh perspectives – not only to traditional skills and processes (the textile media she employs), but also to a fundamental understanding of ourselves, our relationship with the world we inhabit, and the residues we leave behind. (Jane Wildgoose: Reviewing the Data, Charting the Flow , Essay - 2009) -
Artist's Statement
Visual artist Shelly Goldsmith uses textile materials and processes as a metaphor for imagining how psychological states, emotions and memories associated with human fragility and loss can be made visible in cloth. A trained fertility nurse, past work has explored the fluid systems of the body in relation to the beginning and the end of the human lifecycle and parallels these bodily systems and meteorology. (Liz Whitehead - Director, Fabrica, Brighton - 2008)
Although trained as a weaver, the use of reclaimed garments has been a major element of the sculptural and installation work Goldsmith has produced over the last few years.
Listening carefully to the stories that anonymous reclaimed garments suggest and to the narrative that unfolds. Goldsmith is fascinated by cloths imagined ability to carry memory, to absorb and reflect physical experience. Recent work explores staining and psychological seepage, left as residue onto the inside of garments and the powerful veneer of cloth that stands between us and the world, often a veil to the interior storm.
The work is informed by medical and forensic partnerships. Process is specifically chosen to feed and reinforce the concept, whether it be weaving, heat transfer or using the extreme heat of a laser to scold and burn the cloths surface; alter on a molecular level.
Shelly’s metaphors of flooding, staining, and seepage may also be applied to the processes of the unconscious she explores. Shelly’s work offers opportunities for the viewer to participate in a stream of consciousness that may bring fresh perspectives – not only to traditional skills and processes (the textile media she employs), but also to a fundamental understanding of ourselves, our relationship with the world we inhabit, and the residues we leave behind. (Jane Wildgoose: Reviewing the Data, Charting the Flow , Essay - 2009) -
Artist's Statement
Visual artist Shelly Goldsmith uses textile materials and processes as a metaphor for imagining how psychological states, emotions and memories associated with human fragility and loss can be made visible in cloth. A trained fertility nurse, past work has explored the fluid systems of the body in relation to the beginning and the end of the human lifecycle and parallels these bodily systems and meteorology. (Liz Whitehead - Director, Fabrica, Brighton - 2008)
Although trained as a weaver, the use of reclaimed garments has been a major element of the sculptural and installation work Goldsmith has produced over the last few years.
Listening carefully to the stories that anonymous reclaimed garments suggest and to the narrative that unfolds. Goldsmith is fascinated by cloths imagined ability to carry memory, to absorb and reflect physical experience. Recent work explores staining and psychological seepage, left as residue onto the inside of garments and the powerful veneer of cloth that stands between us and the world, often a veil to the interior storm.
The work is informed by medical and forensic partnerships. Process is specifically chosen to feed and reinforce the concept, whether it be weaving, heat transfer or using the extreme heat of a laser to scold and burn the cloths surface; alter on a molecular level.
Shelly’s metaphors of flooding, staining, and seepage may also be applied to the processes of the unconscious she explores. Shelly’s work offers opportunities for the viewer to participate in a stream of consciousness that may bring fresh perspectives – not only to traditional skills and processes (the textile media she employs), but also to a fundamental understanding of ourselves, our relationship with the world we inhabit, and the residues we leave behind. (Jane Wildgoose: Reviewing the Data, Charting the Flow , Essay - 2009)
Contact Details:
W: www.shellygoldsmith.com
E: shellygsmith@aol.com
