The Gallery of Contemporary Textile Artists
Shelly Goldsmith
United Kingdom
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Outpourings On An English landscapeSize: 162 x 150 x 7.5 cm
Materials: Sublimation print on reclaimed garment and on cotton tape - dressmaking pins
Date: 2008 -
Outbursts 1 & 2Size: 85 x 80 x 44 cm
Material: Sublimation print on reclaimed garment & cotton tape - dressmaking pins, wooden embroidery hoop, clamp.
Date: 2008 -
Erupted: Cocktail DressSize: 59 x 122 cm
Material: Sublimation print on reclaimed garment interior. Archival Pigment Print. Paper: Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Bright White 310gsm. Inks: HP Vivera Inks
Date: 2008 -
Blouse: Womankind International Charity PrintSize: 40 x 52cm
Material: Sublimation, embossing & dye on reclaimed garment interior, using archival pressed plant samples from the Natural History Museum’s Herbarium. Released as a Limited Edition (Life size). Archival Pigment Print for the anniversary of the Charity Womankind International. Archival Pigment Print.Paper: Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Bright White 310gsm. Inks: HP Vivera Inks
Date: 2008 -
Forming VapourSize: 44 x 59cm
Material: Installation made for the exhibition. Depth of Field: Conversations between Photography and Textiles. Heat transfer printing on reclaimed garment/ glasses/water. Reworked as a limited edition Giclée print
Date: 2005 -
BaptismSize: 85 x 100 x 24cm
Material: Heat transfer printing, stitch, reclaimed christening dress and bonnet.
Date: 2003
Shelly Goldsmith
Current work 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. The re-claimed garments are the medium for imagined narratives of flooding, staining and seepage.
Artist's Statement
