Color and cloth, terrain and time, acts of gathering, and incremental growth systems drive the work. I make to think. I think to make.

And I mine dreams, thrift stores, house museums, treasure troves, google images, and dumpsters — the ebb and flow of material culture.

The work is conceived through the lens of textile where the focus may linger on a cache of found materials, a hacked tool, or historic technique.

 I’m in it to transform the ordinary, to discover something ineffable that may prove serviceable. 

Susie Brandt 2024