Figure Skating World Medalists Data Quilt by Mountain West Digital Library | University of Utah

This quilt is an exercise in data crafting and physicalization that represents the home countries of figure skating World Championship medalists for the past 10 years (2013-22). My process involved gathering data on winners, deciding how to represent their countries using flag colors, and choosing fabrics. The finished piece reveals trends in the sport such as periods of dominance by certain countries, relative strengths of countries in some disciplines but not others, and trends in years preceding Olympic Games. The piece is also a functional item!