The Stitch is Lost Until the Thread is Knotted

I love the work of Aya Haidar. Her art is both playful in its use of intricate embroidery but carries meaningful messages of loss, migration and cultural differences.

Her solo exhibit at Bischoff/ Weiss in London opens on September 7th and runs until October 6th 2011.

"My focus on developing inter-cultural dialogues is a vital step in the support of offering alternative ways to see the world, and initiate debate and dialogue about the globalised world we live in. I see my work contributing to dialogues around global cultures, media and questions of identity, both national and personal. I explore whether the durational aspect of craft, more so than other artforms, expresses concepts of time, through the way in which the hand of the artist is inherent within the medium. Alongside this a consideration of whether the voice is inherent within craft and its histories, alluding to feminist narratives by bringing the domestic into a more discursive platform."