The Pittsburgh Satellite Reef is one exhibit of a larger community-based project called the Crochet Coral Reef by Christine Wertheim and Margaret Wertheim. The coral art installations call attention to global warming and oceanic plastic trash. Thousands of women from all over the world have contributed with their crocheting of sculptural coral. Their instruments are the crochet hook and creative power.
Satellite reefs have popped up recently in Pittsburgh, Germany and Austria. The one in Pittsburgh can be viewed at the Carnegie Museum of Art. Some of the crocheted coral pieces from this diverse and colourful collection resemble the flowers I have made to adorn cloches. Others simply spark the imagination.
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