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Record, Map and Capture in Cloth

Data Visualisation in Cloth and Stitch

Jordan Cunliffe

Description

This stylish and fascinating book shows how raw data, maps and personal experience can be distilled into textile art, producing mesmerising works with deep meaning, whether obvious or hidden, and concentrating on the smaller, quieter moments that make up our lives.

The author explores the use of stitched data to tell stories, pinpoint special places on maps, convey secret messages, and record personal detail, for example daily walks or nightly sleep patterns. Her finished work is beautifully precise, including a long strip of fabric containing a stitch for every day of her life, a reimagination of a favourite childhood book in unreadable code, and pleasing beaded representations of secretly important documents.

Illustrated with a wealth of examples of the author's own work as well as pieces from other data-focused artists from around the world, the book proves beyond all doubt that data can be beautiful, and can inspire stunning works of stitched art.