Category: Biodiversity
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Felted Rockpools
These felted rockpools have been designed by Keith Torrance and textile artist Shirley Torrance. Prototypes were produced by participants to a wet felting workshop ran by Shirley in November 2023 at Lancaster University. The rockpools were then taken to the University of Strathclyde where they were treated with MiCP. In December, the calcified rockpools were…
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Knitted Barnacles
Once enhanced through a biomineralisation process (MICP), these knitted barnacles can be used as breakwave but also to provide shelter to marine organisms living in intertidal areas during periods of low tide. The instructions in the knitting pattern below are for creating a modular honeycomb structure which can be adapted to the specific site in…