Make/ Craft Club and the UK Hyperbolic Coral Reef/ 13 January to 20 February 2010
General Information
The UK reef has come ashore at firstsite for one month only so come along and join Colchester’s Crochet Challenge, join in with crochet and knitting events and add your contribution to the reef.
To find out more about events at firstsite, Colchester visit their website here
Craft Club, www.craftclub.org.uk is a new national campaign to provide children and young people with the opportunity to learn craft skills from members of their community via free after-school clubs. The teaching of craft is widely variable in the UK with some pupils receiving minimal opportunity to work in 3D due to cost, space and staff expertise. Craft Club has been developed to ensure that craft skills still have a rightful place in the classroom.
The Craft Club website will provide volunteers with access to teaching tools, practical tips and project ideas and Craft Clubbers with a forum to share patterns, ideas for projects and contact other like-minded Craft Clubbers across the country.
The Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef Project
The Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef Project was created and developed by Margaret and Christine Wertheim of the Institute for Figuring in Los Angeles.
The UK Reef is one of an ever-expanding group of Satellite Reefs around the world that are adjuncts to the Core Collection of Institute for Figuring Reefs. For further information please see www.theiff.org
The ‘Colchester Crochet Challenge’ is supported by Franklins.
firstsite would like to thank the students from Colchester Institute and volunteers from NADFAS for their help with installing the Reef.
Contact Information
For further information visit the firstsite website
