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

Blindhands at aol.com Blindhands at aol.com
Fri Apr 29 01:48:29 UTC 2011 

Hats off to both of you for adding your talent to such a project.   Please 
keep us informed where this reef can be seen in the days to come.
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 4/28/2011 7:56:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
gary.brewer at comcast.net writes:

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
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From:  nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>  [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dixie
>  Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 10:34 PM
> To: List for blind crafters  and artists
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Visiting the Crocheted  Hyperbolic Coral 
Reef
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
>  
> 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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