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Kathleen Greco
Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef Exhibition for The Institute For Figuring

Blue Sea Star (Linckia laevigata) on Leather Coral (Sarcophyton)

Artist Statement
I wear many hats as a creative artist: knitwear design author, craft book producer, photographer, yarn creator, and dimensional illustrator. When I heard about the Crochet Coral Reef Exhibition for The Institute for Figuring, I was inspired to create crochet designs combining many of my artistic interests. First, I studied the hyperbolic crochet forms from A Field Guide to Hyperbolic Space by Margaret Wertheim. Using the techniques of crocheting hyperbolic forms from the book, I applied the methods in the creation of my coral reef forms.

The coral reef designs are crocheted with Jelly Yarn®, a flexible non-toxic vinyl yarn I developed for crochet and knitting. After researching coral reef sea life, I created the pieces as conceptual designs based on specific species of coral, anemone, sea sponge and starfish indigenous to the Great Barrier Reef. Using translucent yarn colors for the coral and anemone, allowed for brilliant color hues. Some sea sponge and anemone forms glow from phosphorescent elements, therefore I crocheted them from glow-in-the-dark Jelly Yarns® to simulate the bioluminescent effect. I enjoy merging science, geometry and the medium of crochet into conceptually illustrative sculptures.

Kathleen's work will be featured in the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef Exibition in March.

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The Institute For Figuring
Hyperbolic Reef