Friday, August 5, 2011

23,000 spiders=1 ounce of silk



Strands of silk from over one million of Madagascar’s golden orb spiders (Nephila
madagascariensis) were woven together to make this dazzling textile, the only one
of its kind in the world.

at the Art Institute of Chicago, until 31st October, then at the V&A in January 2012
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