Exhibited

September 2009 – October 2010:
Presented at The American Museum of Natural History,
New York ‘Spider Silk’
June 2011 – September 2011:
Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice ‘Penelope’s Labour:
Weaving Words and Images’
September 2012:
Musée Bargoin, Clermont Ferrand,
France ‘Textiles Extraordinaires’
September 2019 – April 2020:
Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, USA
‘The Art and Design of Spider Silk’

This shawl represented the first attempt at weaving with golden spider silk for over a century, using silk collected from over 500,000 Nephila Madagascariensis – golden orb spiders native to Madagascar.

A staggered spacing without any weft was left to add to the natural delicacy and lightness of the silk.