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Hyperbolic crochet coral reef - About the Crochet Coral Reef - Crochet Reef Workshops and Lectures
Crochet Reef Exhbitions - Exhibition Schedule
HYPerbolic Crochet basics
- Other Crochet Reefs
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"The Lady Musgrave" Reef by Petra Maitz - Vienna, Austria. |
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You might have thought, as we did, that a crochet coral reef was a uniquely lunatic idea. You would be wrong. We now know of at least three other crochet reef projects, and who knows how many others are lurking out there. The first one we discovered was the work of our fellow Australian Marianne Midelburg, who we found by simply doing a Google search of "crochet coral." Marianne had crocheted an exquisite little reef years before we started and we were enchanted by her work. We recruited her to make some things for the IFF reef and she quickly invented the "sea-slug" form and "carnation corals". Below is picture of Marianne's reef installed in a show in her home town of Bendigo. Marianne is an accomplished fiber artist and you can see her website here for more of her work: Marianne Midelburg - website: |
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Crochet Coral Reef by Marianne Midelburg - Bendigo, Australia |
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Then out of the blue someone by the name of Dr. Axt began emailing us photos of "The Other Coral Reef" - a project that was apparently inspired by the IFF's efforts. Every few months the mysterious Doctor sends updates in photo-format. She too is a fiber artist, living in Oregon. Her website has the wonderful motto "An entire culture in a single person" - which in her case appears to be true. Her pop color palette delights us and we are heartened to know of this sibling reef paralleling our own. Dr. Axt - website |
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"The Other Coral Reef" by Dr. Axt - Jacksonville, Oregon, USA. |
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In 2006 we were contacted from Austria by Petra Maitz, an artist living in Vienna, who had brought into being another enormous crochet installation she calls The Lady Musgrave Reef. Petra also works with a dispersed group of women (in Europe) who each contribute forms. In this case all the forms are same basic shape and the artist sends the crocheters the yarns she wants them to use. The result is a wonderfully diverse symphony on a focused theme. The Lady Musgrave Reef has been exhibited in Austria and elsewhere in Europe. More images of this beautiful installation and its enigmatic background story can be seen on Petra's website: Petra Maitz - "The Lady Musgrave Reef" - website |
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"The Lady Musgrave" Reef by Petra Maitz - Vienna, Austria. |
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| Finally, in 2007 we received a very terse email from someone in Australia telling us that Helen Lancaster had beaten us all to the punch in the 1960's. Helen is a fiber artist who forty years ago had made an enormous "Coral Forest" from applique and other handicrafts. A bit of net searching revealed the following photograph and we are wowed to be following it the wake of this! | ||||
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"Coral Garden" by Helen Lancaster - Australia (1960's) |
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