Susan Goldie creates mixed media paintings and sculptural garments that explore transformation through material contrast, layered surface, and the elemental forces of the natural world.
Damage/Repair
Sculptural garments and dimensional wall works built from layered textiles, dyed paper and cloth, reclaimed materials, and natural fibers.
Moving through Earth, Fire, Water, and Air, the Damage/Repair series explores resilience, transformation, and renewal through material experimentation, research into natural systems, and the visible traces of pressure, rupture, repair, and release.
Material transformation reveals beauty, tension, and renewal through structure and surface. Silk organza with embedded polypropylene packing material.
Shibori dyed silk cloud skirt and jacket with reclaimed polypropylene and repurposed screen base.
Process
Work begins with natural hanji paper and prepared cloth, folded and bound before color is introduced. Through dyeing, layering, and release, Susan uses shibori processes to let color, resistance, chance, and transformation structure the work.
These dyed surfaces are then built into dimensional wall works and garment-as-sculpture forms through collage, stitch, connecting with reclaimed materials, and refined construction.
White cloth before and during low-immersion fiber reactive dyeing. Folding, binding, clamping, and limited water at controlled temperature creates color movement, resistance marks, and irregular patterning
Life Patterns
Life Patterns
Solo exhibition, Walnut Creek Library
May 4 – June 12, 2026
Selected works from the series.
Recent Highlights: Bioneers Conference · Earth Takes the Lead · Life Patterns Solo Exhibition · Creative Strength Training Spotlight Speaker