Table of Contents

Introduction 6

Materials 10

DIY Project 18

Data Visualization 22

The Bayeux Tapestry 27

Linear Time 28

Sleep 32

Sleeping and Waking 34

I Could Sleep for a Week 36

Overlapping Lives 38

Artist's Work: Laurie Frick 40

Artist's Work: The Tempestry Project 44

Artist's Work: Olivia Johnson 48

Artist's Work: Ahree Lee 50

DIY Projects 52

Steganography 60

Steganography in Wartime 64

22.3.2001: A Binary Beaded Diary 66

Coded Alphabet 70

Artist's Work: Sam Meech 74

Artist's Work: Raw Color 76

Artist's Work: Holly Berry 78

DIY Project 80

Algorithms 84

Ada Lovelace 89

Overlapping Number Series 90

Mapping the Sky 94

Artist's Work: Richard McVetis 98

Artist's Work: Evelin Kasikov 100

Artist's Work: Channing Hansen 104

Artist's Work: Michelle Stephens 106

DIY Projects 108

Conclusion 116

Graph Paper 118

Binary Code Translator 123

Morse Code Translator 124

Contributing Artists 125

Index 126

Acknowledgements 128

About the Author

Jordan Cunliffe is a textile artist and embroidery designer with a focus on data and storytelling, taking traditional textile techniques and pairing them with contemporary concepts. She is based in Colne, Lancashire and Record, Map and Capture in Textile Art is her first book.

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