Stitching into Reverie

At Origin Coffee presents Stitching Into Reverie, an art exhibition by Zia Foley. The exhibition will feature mixed media artworks that encourage and enable the act of play. With the artworks, little poems will be presented. At the show, viewers will be encouraged to come up with their own poems, and stick them to the wall next to the artwork they relate to.

Various media have been used to construct the artworks including ink, collage, watercolour and acrylic paint. But what unifies them all together is the use of embroidery. Foley states that “While working on these pieces I began to wonder about the history of embroidery. Through my research I have learned that it has been used by predominantly female craftspeople of numerous cultures for thousands of years to tell the stories of their families, their lives, their struggles and their passions. As I continued to make these pieces I felt connected to these women through the process of stitching. My hope is that by filling this cafe with my artwork, I will get my you – my audience to slow down for a while, get lost in the reverie that the artwork inspires, and reflect on your own connection to this age-old media.”