Sydney Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef - Sneak Peek!!!

Apologies for not posting for a while, but there's great news on the Hyperbolic Reef coming up in a few short weeks! Today I attended the special workshop being held at the Powerhouse Museum - Discovery Centre at Castle Hill in Sydney's North West. It was the last meeting/workshop and it was great to catch-up with everyone again. There were even more amazing forms donated to the Reef. I decided to video some of them and will be posting the video to You-Tube shortly! The excitement was clear today, as the date of the exhibition approaches. It's not too late to contribute to the exhibition, so make sure you check out The Sydney Reef's Blog ^HERE^.

*UPDATE - 11.08.09* - Video posted, enjoy!

Crocheted Corkscrew Tutorial

Have you ever been interested in how to crochet a corkscrew, spiral shape? Well, I've had some interest over the pictures I have just posted on Flickr so I've made a tutorial video for you to enjoy!:

The Sydney Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef

Ladies Silurian Atoll by the Institute For Figuring
Photo © IFF 2009, by Francine McDougall.

I have been invited to join the "The Sydney Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef Project" - and I'm very excited. I've been following with great interest the reefs set up around the world as part of the Institute for Figurings voice on the plight of coral reefs around the world, and just how important they are in our ecology.

The combining of Science, maths and Art is amazing, and I would encourage anyone to get involved, the Institute for Figuring's website is THEIFF

One of my Hyperbolic Crochets:

Gold Hyperbolic Crochet

I've made another hyperbolic form...I think I'm addicted! I bought a nice 4ply gold mercerised cotton, and using a 2mm needle, I increased 1 in every 2 stitches. Here it is in the making!!

Finished at Last!! Hyperbolic Crochet...the Video

I finished the Pseudosphere - down to the last thread. As this is a 1 in 3 increase, I'm interested to try some different colours, and increases. I hope you enjoy the video, please feel free to pass the link onto others!

Yeah! It's posted!

Today I posted my first Hyperbolic Crochet to The Institute for Figuring in L.A., it's on a long journey from Down Under, but it's exciting to be part of such an amazing and exciting project. I'm hoping to be able to see some photos from the exhibit.

I started a new Hyperbolic Crochet, fine cotton on a 2mm crochet hook. It is very sweet and the ice-cream colours look great!!

Here are some photos of the progress of the "pseudosphere":

My First Post

Hi there. Well I'm joining the Blogging ranks, and from what I've seen - I'm impressed by the talents of Bloggers everywhere! I hope to share my creative journey here. Tracking the creative process from concept to creation (and critique).

Today I was excited to complete a project I started a few months ago, and had put to the side for too long. Hyperbolic Crochet caught my attention - it excited the creative process, with a mathematical flavour, just enough for me to understand! The Institute for Figuring is a fascinating site for the avid crocheter who isn't afraid of a little brainfood. Yum.

Here are the photos of my FIRST Hyperbolic crochet, process and completion.Here is a detailed photo, showing the crenelations that are achieved from Hyperbolic Crochet, and a constant rate of increase. In this case, 1 in 3. In this case each 'row' increases by 33 1/3 % on the previous row!!