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Wonderful colors and textures. Hyperbolic crochet used as a medium to illustrate the decline of the coral reefs.

I plan to see it at the World Financial Center as soon as I can.

Be sure to check out the photo gallery for close-up detail.

Check out the video at this link picked by suebe 1 month ago

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13	teresag

1 month ago

Why crocheted? I do love the detailed descriptions of hyperbolic geometry, but of course don't really understand it.

Domestic arts married to mathematics. Great link.

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suebe

1 month ago

« teresag : Why crocheted? I do love the detailed descriptions of hyperbolic geometry, but of course don't really understand it.

Domestic arts married to mathematics. Great link.

More about hyperbolic crochet

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bingo

1 month ago

I'm going to try to make the red one in the picture, just for fun.

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41	pocksuck...

1 month ago

Ooh*, it's at the Hayward at the moment.

I'm due to go up to London to meet my mum soon and was looking or things to do. This goes on the list.

*Yes, Moe, I'm aware of how infrequently real Vikings said "Ooh".

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10	meggysue

1 month ago

First uteruses (uteri?) and now this. Suebe, is there something you and Bornbad aren't telling us?

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4	nixon-le...

1 month ago

i didn't even realize that this was in existence. i would love to see these this upclose. Whoever did the work is very talented.

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2	iwantcak...

1 month ago

fantastic. I'm totally inspired!

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