Pixels to Stitches: Materializing Digital Information

Textile Translation
Motion Design

This project aimed to fuse my two passions together: graphic design and knitwear. As I reformatted images for digital catalogs in my student job, I realized that digital images and textiles share a similar visual language. Both are built from small units, pixels or stitches, that work together to create a larger tapestry of color, texture, and visual information. This drove my focus into stop-motion design, merging these tapestries together, creating movement while emphasizing the slow labor it took to create each panel. The completed work reflects the endurance required to decelerate visuals in a world of hyperacceleration.

Series of black and white portraits showing profile views of a woman with curly hair, varying in detail and resolution.
Black and white mosaic pattern with intricate geometric and floral designs arranged in a grid.
An art installation with knitted pillows on a white wall, two digital screens in frames displaying pixel art images, and a row of pixel art pillows on the right side.
Two crocheted pieces with a portrait of a man with dark hair, placed on a wooden crafting board. The pieces are red with a black and white face in the center. To the right, there are yarn balls and crochet tools, and below the pieces, there are printed blueprint patterns for the design.