The always wonderful Boingboing has a great bit here on artist Nina Katchadouria who spent part of one summer repairing broken spiderwebs with bits of thread. Unfortunately, the spiders weren’t impressed with her handiwork, and often either dismantled or abandoned the webs she weaved. And while I can see how traditional-thinking arachnids might not embrace Nina’s aesthetic, I happen to like it. Take a look at the great photo below, and be sure to view more of her uninvited collaborations at her site, here.
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A little research might have shown this artist why spiders rejected her “art”. The threads are of two different types in a spider web–non sticky navigation threads and sticky capture threads. The “fixes” must have looked totally creepy and alien to the spider, a true artist.
posted by Alice on 4-29-2008 at 9:37 am
Alice! most people could figure that one out.
posted by Sarakenobi on 4-29-2008 at 11:34 am
“Alice! most people could figure that one out.
Except for, y’know, the ‘artisit’ that thought of this brilliant project.
posted by fixedgear on 4-29-2008 at 12:10 pm
my thinking is that she didn’t honestly believe that the spider would come back, but then again …
posted by sarakenobi on 4-29-2008 at 9:29 pm