Place: Connection and Context
To put something on the map gives it a name and recognition. On a map places are known, explored and understood. The map serves as a connection between unknown and known, the past and the present, between the person and the place. A map provides context, giving a bigger picture, directions, location, and representing the greater relationship between parts.
The stitches mark the trails and roads in these fabric maps. As one map relates to another they begin a dialog, a conversation between place and person. The clothing remnants reinforce the personal association with each place and the mending stitches connect the bits and parts to form a whole; what could be disconnected is instead connected.
