Margaret Wertheim and her sister have had their Hyperbolic Crochet Reef show touring the nation over the past few years, it even stopped in Chicago. But it was not until finding her TED talk that I was exposed to their work. I’ll be the first to admit this is abstract and may not be the [...]
Margaret Wertheim and her sister have had their Hyperbolic Crochet Reef show touring the nation over the past few years, it even stopped in Chicago. But it was not until finding her TED talk that I was exposed to their work. I’ll be the first to admit this is abstract and may not be the cup of tea for all reef aquarists, but it does make you appreciate the organic abstractions that are naturally found in the ocean. Some of the crocheted shapes are spot on, while others are just slightly representational. Love it or hate it, it’s nice to see awareness spread about coral reefs through a unique medium.
Via Flickr: Margaret Wertheim
Trachyphlia, Acropora, Stichodactyla… all of them present amazing organic shapes that may only be describable by advanced hyperbolic geometry. If you’ve ever dealt with hyperboloid models or mathematics I think the talk will open your eyes to the intricacies of the organisms in our own aquariums.
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