Stitched Maps, 2021 - 2025 (in process)

Avrille Burrows
A5 cardstock, copper and gold embroidery thread
h21cm w14.8 cm
NFS

These maps are evidence of where my body has lived. They span multiple countries, mainly India, Dubai and Australia. Stitching these maps has been a slow process over four years, carried with me wherever I go, with hope to find small moments to add a few more stitches. Done meditatively and purposefully it reconstructs familiar routes to shops, parks, and homes of my loved ones. The work uses Google Map technology, stories told to me from family, photos and my own fragments of memory.