I'm sure some of you will already know about this if you are on the same mailing list as I am... I think it's a remnant of the Knitted Wedding! In any case, I got this notice today from Rachael Matthews and thought it was very cool, although I am not in England to participate.
Dear Knitters,
You are all invited to participate in an exciting
project to be
displayed at the Southbank Centre, London, this
summer.
The Crochet Coral Reef is the brain child of
Margaret and Christine
Wertheim, co-directors of the Institute for Figuring
in LA. Crochet
and coral are the only ways to explain hyperbolic
space, a very new
discovery, and possibly the construction of the
whole universe.
I am not going to attempt to describe to you how and
why, because
Margaret and Christine explain it so beautifully on
their website
http://www.theiff.org where you can learn about
plant life, maths,
space, and follow their easy crochet patterns.
This project also raises awareness about how sick
our coral reefs are.
The Crochet reef is currently showing at The
Chicago Cultural
Centre, but the London Reef will be exhibited in the
main foyer of
the Royal Festival Hall from Wednesday 11th June -
Sunday 17th August
2008.
The thing is....WE HAVE TO MAKE IT FIRST!
Everyone can join this project and make some sort of
coral. Remember
no two plants are the same and there are NO RULES!
Any yarn, any size
and any colour is fine. The Southbank will be
holding crochet circles
through the summer and check the Prick Your finger
events page for
free workshops. The deadline for your named
contributions is 2-8pm on
Tuesday 6th May 2008 in the White Room, Spirit
Level, Royal Festival
Hall, or post to Cathy Woolley , Learning and
Participation,
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX or deliver
it to Prick Your
Finger. For a contribution form, e-mail
ukreef@southbankcentre.co.uk. or pick one up from
PYF.
And for tips on knitting with plastic bags (much
encouraged) go to
http://prickyourfinger.blogspot.com and we will show
you an easy way
to chop them up.
LETS MAKE IT HUGE! I'll send you more info as I
receive it.
Love Rx
I've just been at a training day for this at The Royal Festival Hall, so there'll be plenty of coral and anemone making in Cambridge! Wish you could join us.
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