It’s a busy and visual week at the Out the Box festival in Cape Town. I’m enjoying seeing loads of theatre crammed into this first week of Spring. The festival has a strong ‘green…
Jason deCaires Taylor casts giant cement sculptures that weigh thousands of pounds — and then sinks them into the ocean. His idea: to create a unique underwater gallery that algae, corals and…
Ocean acidification poses an increasing threat to the sediments that form the framework of coral reefs - within around 30 years, these carbonate sands may no longer be able to form.
In this post, I am going to explain what is happening to the coral reefs due to the global warming and changes in the temperature of the sea. Also I will mention the Caribbean coral reefs and what …
Mixed-media artist Amy Genser's masterful fingers can make bold ocean reefs swirl across canvases just by cutting, rolling, and arranging countless tubes
Two Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Creatures I made while I was on vacation! The Crochet Coral Reef project is so fantastic and on so many levels! It’s beautiful, it’s ocean creatures (which I’m fascinated by), it’s craft, it’s art, it’s science, it’s creativity and infinite possibility. I am drawn to it like a bee to honey. […]
In this post you will find pictures that I took at the PNW (Pacific Northwest) Community Coral Reef Project Exhibition. This exhibition was presented in Lincoln City, Oregon between September and November 2023. This Coral Reef Project is an impressive walk-through world of coral reefs and other ocean creatures made using fiber. Hundreds of crocheters, …
The silent evolution, underwater sculptures by Jason deCaires Taylor
The world's oceans cover over 70% of the Earth's surface and contain millions of species, playing a crucial role in
This fun Australia Day tribute to one Australia’s most beautiful icons – the Great Barrier Reef, will keep the kids busy researching, making and playing for ages! Step 1 : Paint the main scene Gather everything you will need & begin by painting your egg cartons .We used white and blue paint on one to represent water, and mixed blue, yellow, white and metallic green paint on the other for the reef. Allow to dry. Step 2: Decorate your sea floor Once dry, use 3D Paint to decorate your scene and make it more interesting. While you’ve got the 3D paint out, cut out some shapes from craft foam and decorate for the Plate Coral. Step 3: Make reef coral, plants & creatures Now for the really fun part! We cut out different shapes of pipecleaners for Anenome Coral and Soft Coral. Step 4: Complete your Coral Reef When dry, glue your Coral Plates to your reef. Ask an adult for some help to make holes in the reef and water egg cartons using skewers, and attach your pipe cleaner corals to the reef too. Make sure to leave some free holes for your Reef creatures! Step 5: Decorate your creatures! Print and colour in the creatures on our downloadable activity sheet below, and cut them out. If you’re feeling very arty you could even draw some of your own! Fold them along the top line in half. Ask an adult to help you cut some skewers to various sizes, and glue to the top of skewers of craft sticks. Step 6: Enjoy! Download this info as a takeaway PDF
In today's post, I'll be sharing an enchanting DIY project: a decorative pin for your corkboard. Get ready to dive into an oniric inspired by dreams and coral reefs. This project is not only visually stunning but also surprisingly easy to create. Let's embark on a step-by-step journey and unlock the
The world's oceans are filled with different cephalopods. Learn more about these 10 cephalopod examples & see if you can recognize them.
A tiny white fish with large brown spots is the Great Barrier Reef’s newest kid on the block.
Come promesso oggi vi parlerò dell’uncinetto iperbolico. Questa tecnica è stata inventata da una scienziata, Daina Taimina, che vedete nell’immagine qui di fianco, laureata in matematic…
The Story I go whale watching every year before COVID and I love seeing the whale. The magnificent creature is so beautiful and calm. Every time I see them they put things perspective - we human are so small and sometimes we just like to amplify every single problems that we have. At the end of the day, we are part of the earth, and we are only a tiny little dust in this universe. This print is also inspired by the World Ocean Day and I really hope that we can do more to save our ocean. This is also about the beautiful connection between human and the ocean. With 90% of big fish populations depleted, and 50% of coral reefs destroyed, we are taking more from the ocean than can be replenished. **Frame NOT included.
Yesterday (Saturday) my sister-in-law and I took ourselves off to our second workshop for the Melbourne Satellite Reef Project. We were like two little kids with a bunch of brand new toys – …
If we continue spewing pollution into the atmosphere, our climate will only continue to change, and the oceans will be very different than they are today. Ocean temperatures will rise, and with that, rising PH levels will make the water more acidic. It's simple chemistry and a sad fact. So how do we solve this problem? Artist and ocean advocate Courtney Mattison has made it the mission of her ceramic sculptures to remind us of the ocean's beauty and inspire preservation. Her "Changing Seas " series, previously featured on our blog, is Mattison's first major work towards this goal.
After watching a movie about fish friends, do some hands-on learning about the coral reef to make school fun and exciting
A few months ago, the kids and I played around with making our own crystal snowflakes. (how to and amazing results here) It really had nothing to do with anything we were studying but hey, it was …
Report on the Florida reefs Cambridge, Mass. :Printed for the Museum,1880. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4230331
This build is the definition of NPU (Nice Part Usage)! Builder @kris_kelvin_ on Instagram uses an amazing variety of parts to capture the texture of a coral reef! From minifigure hair and headgear, to hot dogs and leaves, the build feels like a game of I SPY! We tried our best to call out some of our favourite parts used—some of which are exceedingly rare! We also pointed out some of the techniques used including an approach to colour that can be useful for any kind of build. Which part of the b
It is always uplifting to see a truly creative form of art, especially one unequaled by any other in the world. It is even more amazing when you discover
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Installed earlier this month on the western coastline of New Providence in Nassau, Bahamas, “Ocean Atlas,” is the lastest underwater sculpture by artist Jason deCaires Taylor (previously), known for his pioneering effort to build submerged sculpture parks in oceans around the world. Taylor’s cement figures are constructed with a sustainable pH-neutral material that encourages the growth of coral and other marine wildlife, effectively forming an artificial reef that draws tourists away from diving hotspots in over-stressed areas. More
The Australian and Queensland Governments have QUIETLY begun funding GEOENGINEERING studies looking into manipulation of oceanic and atmospheric conditions to save the Great Barrier Reef.
