Cora Foley

Fabric Art

Primarily a self taught artist in a variety of media, with an intense desire for learning, Cora began to fulfill her lifelong desire to create art after retiring from the corporate world. With a talent for art from a young age, she was drawing three dimensional horses in kindergarten, and by the end of high school she had five hours a day of art classes. 

Cora’s inspiration for learning about natural fibers and fiber arts came from moving to a farm in 2005 and investing in a small herd of alpacas. The farm was her private retreat from the stress and demands of frequent travel for work. Cora’s love of the alpacas drove her to learn all that she could about them and the fiber they produced. It was in her studio at the farm that she developed her technique for creating very thin, lightweight, high fashion scarves using alpaca, fine wool, and silk, employing the ancient technique of wet felting.  She introduced her colorful scarves at a spring fiber festival in Ann Arbor in 2017; they sold out the first day and she was taking orders for more. 

Cora never stopped painting and drawing, but only since retiring and moving to Canadian Lakes near Big Rapids has she been able to really focus on creating art. She continues to enjoy the fiber arts, either crocheting, needle felting or designing new wet felted pieces. Cora’s pieces are currently offered exclusively through Artworks. She occasionally accepts commissioned art requests.