HYPERBOLIC CROCHET – CORAL REEF

Hyperbolic Crochet – Coral Reef

The “Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef” is a worldwide project that marries mathematics, marine biology, handicraft, community art practice and environmental consciousness-raising. People all over the world – from London and New York to Capetown – are collectively crocheting coral reefs.

Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef brings together the fate of an ecosystem on the brink of permanent destruction, and the feminine craft of crochet. A woolly testimony that celebrates the hyperbolic geometry of coral, Crochet Coral Reef also draws attention to how global warming and pollutants are threatening this fragile ecosystem.

The picture shown is a finished piece of crochet coral by Nadine  who spends Saturdays with us crocheting and knitting (crochet being her first love).

If you would like to crochet a piece for the “Irish Reef” which will be exhibited with an International Crochet Reef collection at the Science Museum from 20 March 2010 to 28 May 2010 contact info@sciencegallery.com.