What a Incredible Web They Wove

While doing an internet search for textile and fiber art exhibits in Chicago, I came across something that stopped me in my tracks. Okay, as you know, the making of silk from the cocoon of the silk worm is a fairly demanding process. Imagine if you will extracting silk threads from over one million Golden Orb spiders, who by the way were not harmed and were released into the wild after the process (not kidding), and turning those threads into an amazing hand woven brocaded textile. Conceived and manifested by Simon Peers and Nicholas Godley in Madagascar, the golden textile, often referred to as the "8th Wonder of the World" is on loan to the Art Institute and it's the last opportunity to view this incredible piece before it leaves the United States. When will you ever have something this extraordinary cross your path, so go, now!!!

For more information about the exhibit and the artists, check out www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/exhibition/spidersilk and www.godleypeers.com

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