Wednesday 25 January 2012

Amazing What Spiders Can Do

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2012/jan/23/golden-silk-cape-spiders-in-pictures?intcmp=239

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/jan/24/spider-silk-cape-show?newsfeed=true

The first link is to more pictures, the second link is to an article from the Guardian newspaper about this amazing cape that is on exhibition at the V&A Museum in London.   Enjoy.

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4 comments:

  1. deanna7trees25 January 2012 at 14:15

    i saw this on the news last night. amazing.

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  2. Julie Fukuda26 January 2012 at 00:54

    I have seen fabric pieced from bagworm cocoons. It can be very interesting depending on the plant those worms use for their cover.

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  3. Benta AtSLIKstitches26 January 2012 at 07:39

    Mind boggling! And quilted too! Thanks for the link

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  4. blandina 26 January 2012 at 18:50

    Just beautiful, the cape is superb. I knew about this man, he studied jacquard weaving in Florence where I took a few courses myself (ae-hemmm!).

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