[Nfb-krafters-korner] Visiting the Crocheted Hyperbolic Coral Reef

[Henrietta Brewer]

I am so glad that you both got to see your work. I am glad you mentioned it again. Sometimes, I forget what accomplished crafters I am lucky to "rub elbows" with. lol Well, at least share phone time and list time with. 

I believe that the step out of the safe zone that you made by entering your pieces is a step forward for all of us. Showing the world what you can do not only inspires the rest of us to get busy but really shows the goal of N F B to help the world understand blindness.

Great jobs 
Henrietta
On Apr 28, 2011, at 7:11 PM, Annette Carr wrote:

> Hi Dixie,
> 
> I am so glad you were able to get to see the Crocheted Coral Reef exhibit.
> What day were you there?  I finally got my family to go the Wednesday before
> Easter.  They think they saw 2 of my 7 pieces, but they were not sure.  All
> of my pieces were part of the toxic reef.  I incorporated water bottles,
> cassette tape, CD's plastic bags and an oil filter for an automobile.  
> 
> Did anyone tell you about the piece that incorporated CD's and a fishing
> pole?  There were long strands of crocheted sea weed with CD's in twined in
> the sea weed and draped around and hanging from the fishing pole.  That was
> made by a friend of mine from work.  
> 
> We found your name on the "wall" and my husband took a picture zoomed in on
> it.  Last week was my second visit.  I was able to go during the reception
> in November with my friend and Jennifer was able to point out to us all of
> my pieces.  I did not get to touch any of the completed reef as it is on
> display.  I did get to see how they assembled it during the workshop last
> September when Margaret taught us what needed to be done.  I had hoped to
> work with Jenifer to arrange for a hands on tour of the reef on the final
> day, but it never came to be, so I am really glad that you got to have that
> experience.  
> 
> Annette
> 
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> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Visiting the Crocheted Hyperbolic Coral Reef
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> Last summer I learned from Annette about the crocheted coral reef being made
> by crafters around the Washington DC area as well as across the country.
> 
> I thought it might be fun to try and see if I could make a piece that would
> be accepted into the project. There were 3 categories of the reef project.
> Healthy coral is vibrant in color, so those pieces are shades of reds,
> greens, blues, purples, etc.  The bleached coral, is dead coral, and is
> tans, greys, whites, etc.  Then the third category was coral created out of
> garbage, like plastic bags, video cassette tapes, or had pieces of garbage
> like plastic bottles crocheted into them.   The two pieces I created both
> would fit into the "bleached coral" category.   one is a brain coral, that
> is beige with brown specks.  The second one was a bell coral and was made in
> a fuzzy, creamy, off white.
> 
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> The pieces were submitted to the Smithsonian, National museum of Natural
> History, October 2010.  They then categorized all of the pieces, and made
> them into the Hyperbolic Community Reef.  The reef was made up of pieces
> submitted by people ranging in age from 3 to 101 years old. I think the
> statistics were, that there were 800 contributors and 4000 pieces. The
> overall size of the reef is 16 feet long, 9 feet high and 10 feet deep.
> 
> The reef has been on  display at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum
> until this past Sunday.  I wanted to see it before the exhibit closed.  I
> was met by the woman Jennifer Lindsay who helped in the design of the reef.
> She told me about the evolution of the project and the building of the reef.
> She also had researched the pieces I had contributed and located them among
> the pieces in the reef.  She allowed me to reach into the display and touch
> the pieces that she found that she thought were the ones I had made.  Nobody
> else is allowed to touch the display this was an accommodation she made for
> me.  I also was able to touch some pieces they had out for the general
> public to touch.  One piece was made out of a VSHS tape, another from a
> cassette tape.  The tapes had been pulled out of their cases and the tape
> had been crocheted into a piece of garbage coral.  They also did this with
> plastic grocery bags.  I was also allowed to touch a piece that was made of
> yarn and it was a jelly fish.  That one was really cool and I am going to
> try and recreate it.  
> 
> So, do corals count as underwater flowers?  Those are my crafted flowers for
> this week's question.
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> Dixie
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