WORKS FROM THE BURRINJA COLLECTION
The Burrinja Collection comprises over 300 works of Aboriginal paintings, Oceanic works from New Ireland and New Britain PNG, drawings and artifacts. Throughout the year works from the Collection will be continually on display, along with various feature exhibitions in Gallery 2.

The Melbourne Satellite Reef
Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef Project

9 October 2010 - 9 January 2011

A Satellite of the worldwide Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef Project created by Margaret and Christine Wertheim of the Institute For Figuring in Los Angeles.

The Crochet 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. The Reef has spawned an international community of crafters, through whom this ecology continues to evolve. "Satellite Reefs" are now developing across the globe, including right here in Melbourne.

For more information on the project see the Institute For Figuring website

Would you like to help create the Coral Reef for this exhibition?

Come along to one of the Melbourne Reef workshops in the Burrinja Cafe. Discover what a hyperbolic plane is and how to crochet one. Learn how to use colour, shape, texture and size to full effect, and swap patterns and ideas. BYO crochet hook and yarn.

Regular workshops are held in the Burrinja Cafe on 4th Saturday of each month from 1-4pm.

Check out the blog at melbournesatellitereef.blogspot.com

For more information contact the Victorian Co-Ordinator Tracy Hayllar:
e: melbourne.satellite.reef@gmail.com
t: 9754 8723

The Institute For Figuring,
The People's Reef--New York and Chicago Photo © The IFF