Weather
I am interested in the complexity and metaphoric potential of weather maps and the symbolic systems of meteorology. I am grateful for the mentorship of Meteorologist Uwe Gramann who gave me a glimpse into the dynamic world of his discipline.
Schmetterlinge
…is the German word for butterflies. This map form is the Waterman Butterfly global projection. I embroidered weather maps that incorporate data and patterning from different sources. They are pinned to the wall like specimens.
2015, The Zoology of Weather, animation, 3 min.
The Beaufort Scale was devised by Sir Francis Beaufort in 1805 to describe the wind speed by how the sea looks. At a residency in Newfoundland, the wind seemed to be always at a gale force. I have embroidered the waves, added the km per hour and collected Newfoundlanders’ idioms and sayings to do with wind.
