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Knitted plankton

Cory Doctorow at 11:10 pm Mon, Dec 21, 2009

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A reader writes, "I just discovered this British artist, Anita Bruce, who knits Ernst Haeckel-esque sea-forms: plankton, corals, starfishes, etc."

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Anonymous

lady linoleum of monster crochet fame also makes fantastic sea creatures- as well as the vegetable liberation army.
querent

As a dilettante mathematical ecologist, gotta love seeing Ernst Haeckel mentioned on BB.

Also: want.
Anonymous

If you like this, you might like the work of Inga Hamilton, who crochets eerie, alien-looking coral reefs out of detritus— mostly plastic bags. Saw a window display of one of her reef scupltures. Photographs online do NOT do them justice.
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Saw her work in an old pub in Peterborough

http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/Old-Still-is-Peterborough39s-newest.5751787.jp (just closed)

She’s creating a whole army of knitted sea life…..be afraid.