{"id":1279,"date":"2016-04-30T16:00:13","date_gmt":"2016-04-30T07:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/?page_id=1279"},"modified":"2016-04-30T16:00:13","modified_gmt":"2016-04-30T07:00:13","slug":"chondrus-crispus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/?page_id=1279","title":{"rendered":"Chondrus crispus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is <em>Chondrus crispus<\/em>, aka Irish moss or Red moss.<\/p>\n<p>The delightful reds in this seaweed and the gorgeous shapes were too hard for me to resist.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the complete weed on a sea background\u00a0made of\u00a0the soft wrappings used by florists to wrap bouquets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-comp-fr-backed-web1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1263\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-comp-fr-backed-web1-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"Chondrus comp fr backed web\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-comp-fr-backed-web1-300x204.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-comp-fr-backed-web1-1024x696.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-comp-fr-backed-web1-624x424.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The model has two sides, &#8216;front&#8217; (above) and &#8216;back&#8217; (below).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-comp-back-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1283\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-comp-back-web-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"Chondrus comp back web\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-comp-back-web-300x206.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-comp-back-web-1024x705.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-comp-back-web-624x429.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-comple-ba-backed-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1261\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-comple-ba-backed-web-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"Chondrus comple ba backed web\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-comple-ba-backed-web-300x207.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-comple-ba-backed-web-1024x708.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-comple-ba-backed-web-624x431.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below are the nets I used to assemble the complete weed partially shown above.<\/p>\n<p>First the front nets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-Front-1-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1254\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-Front-1-web-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"Chondrus Front 1 web\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-Front-1-web-300x223.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-Front-1-web-1024x760.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-Front-1-web-624x463.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-Front-4-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1255\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-Front-4-web-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"Chondrus Front 4 web\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-Front-4-web-300x223.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-Front-4-web-1024x760.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-Front-4-web-624x463.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-Front-9-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1256\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-Front-9-web-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"Chondrus Front 9 web\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-Front-9-web-300x223.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-Front-9-web-1024x760.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-Front-9-web-624x463.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then the back nets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-Back-1-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1257\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-Back-1-web-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"Chondrus Back 1 web\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-Back-1-web-300x223.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-Back-1-web-1024x760.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-Back-1-web-624x463.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-Back-4-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1258\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-Back-4-web-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"Chondrus Back 4 web\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-Back-4-web-300x223.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-Back-4-web-1024x760.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-Back-4-web-624x463.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-Back-9-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1253\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-Back-9-web-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"Chondrus Back 9 web\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-Back-9-web-300x223.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-Back-9-web-1024x760.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chondrus-Back-9-web-624x463.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The only problem is it took me about six hours to assemble one weed from the printed nets. Cutting has to be precise.<\/p>\n<p>The complete weed did not fit my scanner so, alas, the holdfast is not shown.<\/p>\n<p>A friend has suggested populating the weed with fish, specifically clownfish. This may prove to be an irresistible challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is Chondrus crispus, aka Irish moss or Red moss. The delightful reds in this seaweed and the gorgeous shapes were too hard for me to resist. Here is the complete weed on a sea background\u00a0made of\u00a0the soft wrappings used by florists to wrap bouquets. The model has two sides, &#8216;front&#8217; (above) and &#8216;back&#8217; (below). 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