Carpet yarn kelp
by Margaret Wertheim.
Jelly Yarn sea creature
by Evelyn Hardin.
Knitted sea cucumber
by Ildiko Szabo.
Fishing-line jellyfish
by David Orozco.
Bubble anemone tower
by Ildiko Szabo.
Octopus with hyperbolic tentacles
by Helen Bernasconi.
Bin-liner plastic-bag jellyfish
by Margaret Wertheim.
Bubble coral by Jane
Canby.
Beaded byzantine corals
by Rebecca Peapples.
Plastic anemone crocheted
from New York Times wrappers
by Clare O’Callaghan.
Fingerling coral
by Vonda N. McIntyre.
Jelly Yarn anemone
inside snow globe
by Kathleen Greco.
Fur-trimmed jellyfish
by Ildiko Szabo.
Pink spiral tube worms
by Ildiko Szabo
Plastic sea creature
with faux pearl beads
by unknown U.K. Reefer.
All images courtesy of the authors.
Authors: Margaret Wertheim and Christine Wertheim. With essays by Leslie Dick,
Marion Endt-Jones, Anna Mayer and a Forward by science studies scholar Donna Haraway.
Book design by Kimberly Varella of Content/Object.
The Crochet Coral Reef is a project of the Institute for Figuring. Learn more about the
Crochet Coral Reef project and purchase the book here: http://crochetcoralreef.org/
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