The Asheville Reef, a satellite of the worldwide Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef, is currently growing in the CCCD Gallery with the help of crochet groups from around the Western North Carolina region. The Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef is the brainchild of two sisters from Australia, Christine and Margaret Wertheim, 
co-founders of the Institute for Figuring in Los Angeles. The Wertheim sisters are interested in raising awareness of the threat’s to the world’s coral reef by uniting non-Euclidean hyperbolic geometry with crochet craft techniques. Communities are working to create beautiful and lifelike models that will raise awareness of threats to the world's coral.
co-founders of the Institute for Figuring in Los Angeles. The Wertheim sisters are interested in raising awareness of the threat’s to the world’s coral reef by uniting non-Euclidean hyperbolic geometry with crochet craft techniques. Communities are working to create beautiful and lifelike models that will raise awareness of threats to the world's coral. The Asheville Reef is on display through August 12 at 1181 Broyles Road in Hendersonville. Gallery hours are 12 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays. If you missed seeing The Asheville Reef in the CCCD gallery, it will be on display in the lobby of UNC Asheville's Karpen Hall Sept. 5 - Oct. 5, 2011.
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