This week was Spring Break at the Twinklecraft house. The weather was other worldly and demanded my small family get out and about as much as possible to soak up the sun and soak in every minute together. Doing so led us to the Putnam Museum in Davenport, IA. Mainly we went because little pea is finally at an age where she can appreciate kid friendly environments if in small time increments. For a science museum in a small city, it's passable, a small scale Field Museum, if you want to get down to it with pioneer dress up and shop play areas, turn of the century living spaces, local history and fauna, and a nice collection of Japanese pottery pieces. I was pleased to see one of the great successes to the quad cities area was none other than Samual Heagy from Taneytown, MD, a town nearby my hometown. Represent!
It wasn't until we were nearly finished in the hands on marine exhibit that I found the gem to the whole place, a gigantic installation of coral reef made entirely of crochet!
At the time we'd decided to head out for lunch, so I was only able to snap a few photos and check where exactly the masterpiece came from, but of course I needed to know more and was convinced all of this needed to be shared with others. Made by science journalist, Margaret Wertheim and her twin sister Christine, the "Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef is a woolly celebration of the intersection of higher geometry and feminine handicraft, and a testimony to the disappearing wonders of the marine world." Upon further reading at home I found Ms. Wertheim gave a talk on her project for TED and you can enjoy the short lecture here! To visit the site dedicated to awesome installation, you can visit their site dedicated to the work, contributors and the many messages it has to offer.
Mind officially blown!!!!
This is amazing! Wow!
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