Crochet Coral Reef

Edited by Margaret Wertheim and Christine Wertheim
Contributions by Anna Meyer, Leslie Dick, Marion Endt-Jones, Donna Haraway, Anna Mayer, Margaret Wertheim, and Christine Wertheim

Designed by Content Object, Kimberly Varella
Smythe Sewn Softcover with French Fold: 208 pages
Publisher: The Institute for Figuring, 2015
ISBN: 978-0985625108
Dimensions: 8.5 × 10.5 in.
Separations: Echelon Color, Santa Monica, CA
Printing: Permanent Printing Limited, Hong Kong


Now perhaps the world's largest participatory art and science project, the Crochet Coral Reef combines mathematics, marine biology, environmental consciousness-raising and community art practice. Almost 8,000 people around the world have contributed to making an ever-evolving archipelago of giant woolen seascapes, which have been exhibited at the Hayward Gallery, the Smithsonian and many other venues. This fully illustrated book, written by the project's creators—Margaret and Christine Wertheim of the Institute For Figuring—brings together the scientific and mathematical content behind the project, along with essays about the artistic and cultural resonances of this unique experiment in radical craft practice. With a wealth of color illustrations, the book serves as a record of the 30-plus Crochet Reefs worldwide and names all 7,000-plus contributors in a specially designed section.