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PROJECT DETAILS
Project: Smithsonian Marine Ecosystems Exhibit
Designer: Smithsonian Marine Ecosystems Exhibit / ThemeWorks, Inc.
Client: Smithsonian Marine Ecosystems Exhibit
Size: 100 square feet (9.29 m²) of exhibit space
Photography: LeGrand Photography
Scope of Work: ThemeWorks was contracted by the Smithsonian Institution to design and fabricate an educational exhibit featuring a full-scale recreation of an Oculina reef. To ensure maximum authenticity, ThemeWorks created molds of hundreds of Oculina fragments supplied by the Smithsonian. The 3”–5” fragments were then carefully assembled by ThemeWorks artists into dense, intricate coral heads. Since the coal heads would be within reach of visitors, steel pins were used to reinforce each joint. Seams were filled and hand-sculpted, and the corals were meticulously painted to match the research material provided by the Smithsonian and Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution.