Anne Lacambre is the atlas editor of the French publisher Autrement, and also an embroidery artist. Among many other projects around the embroidering of maps, Anne reproduced an ancient Braille map of the Mississippi entirely with white thread on a white fabric, to reproduce the white on white look of the original Braille map. Relief has been rendered with specific stitches, to represent both the shape of the river and the dots representing the cities names in Braille. This map offers a tactile […]
Anne Lacambre is the atlas editor of the French publisher Autrement, and also an embroidery artist. Among many other projects around the embroidering of maps, Anne reproduced an ancient Braille map of the Mississippi entirely with white thread on a white fabric, to reproduce the white on white look of the original Braille map. Relief has been rendered with specific stitches, to represent both the shape of the river and the dots representing the cities names in Braille. This map offers a tactile way to learn the geography of the Mississippi.
Source: Anne Lacambre instagram.
Related: Also see our entry on tactile infographics.
Added by: Anne-Laure Freant.
Category:
Passive physical visualization
Tags:
textile, braille, cartographic