On data visualization with textiles
Briney, Kristin. “Crafting a COVID Visualization: How I Processed Pandemic Anxiety and Grief with Yarn ”. Nightingale: Journal of the Data Visualization Society . January 11, 2022.
Covers pin loom weaving, death record data, crafting and mental health.
Cordell, Ryan. “Anemoia, AI, and Skeuomorphism: The Material Turn in Digital Humanities ”. April 7, 2026.
A write-up of a talk theorizing the turn towards physical making in digital humanities, including DHmakes and data visualization with textiles.
Cunliffe, Jordan. Record, Map & Capture in Textile Art: Data Visualization in Cloth and Stitch . London: Batsford. 2022.
A book on data visualization with textiles, including some practical recommendations and information on fabric choices, and many full-color images of examples.
Dombrowski, Quinn. “Textile Makerspace: Digital Humanities Meets Craft ”. Journal of Modern Craft , July 2024, issue 17.2.
About the origin of the Textile Makerspace and the Data Visualization with Textiles class.
Dombrowski, Quinn. “Knot Hard: Accessible Textile Data Visualization with a Circular Knitting Machine ”. DH + Lib 2024 special issue.
Harlizius-Klück, Ellen. “Weaving as Binary Art and the Algebra of Patterns ”. TEXTILE, 15(2). 2017.
Mabuchi, Hideo. “Weaving as Coding: Complexity and Nostalgia ”. DH + Lib 2024 special issue.
Discusses weaving as a method for conveying complexity.
Morabito, john Paul. “Weaving Beyond the Binary ”. TEXTILE, 20(4), 2022.
Smith, Nancy. “Emotional Bookmarks: Data Physicalization and the Language of Literature ”. DH + Lib 2024 special issue.
Tutorial for doing a tapestry weaving of a bookmark.
Visconti, Amanda, Quinn Dombrowski, and Claudia Berger. “DHMakes: Baking Craft into DH Discourse . Korean Association of Digital Humanities , vol. 1, issue 1. May 31, 2024.
About the origin and development of the community around the DHmakes hashtag on Twitter and Bluesky.
Webber-Bey, Deimosa. “Runaway Quilt Project: Digital Humanities Exploration of Quilting During the Era of Slavery ”. Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy, vol. 6. 2014.
Tutorials & lessons
Conell, Sarah Reiff. “Knot your average friendship bracelet: a data spiral ”. DH + Lib 2025 special issue.
Dwyer, Kaylen. “Weaving the Wayback Machine: Reflecting on Pedagogy, Materiality, and Digital Erasure ”. DH + Lib 2025 special issue.
Forget, Ellen. “Tactile Pie Charts for Print Material Accessibility Data ”. DH + Lib 2025 special issue.
Hebron, Teresa. “Toe Pick! Exploring Figure Skating Datasets Through Quilting ”. DH + Lib 2025 special issue.
Kerns, Halie; Ruth Carpente; Kirsten Pagan; Amber Simpson; and Melissa Haller. “Fr.om Postcards to Pom-Poms: Expanding Data Literacy Through Visualization and Physicalization with Dear Data ”. DH + Lib 2025 special issue.
Knudsen, Sarah E. and Laura Ridenour. “Coding in Beads: Teaching Pythonic Loops with a Spiral Bracelet as a Manipulative ”. DH + Lib 2025 special issue.
Weidner, Erica Leslie. “Invisible Stitches: A Semester at the Reference Desk, Quilted ”. DH + Lib 2025 special issue.
Xing, Ruth S. “‘Mnemonic Bracelets’: Physicalization of Quantified-Self Data to Encourage Mindfulness of Time-Specific Emotions and Goals ”. DH + Lib 2025 special issue.
Other readings I use in teaching
Kendzior, Sarah. “The Craftsman ”. Feb 16, 2025.
A piece about crafting as an outlet of rage. Very popular with students!