These are the found-wood pieces that I scavenged from my Great Grand Dad Bliss's farm. I'm using them to display 2D and 3D works. I think finally making this part of the process real (aka finally getting these pieces transported home), helped me see the bigger picture. I feel I have a lot more creative direction than when I was merely laboring over sketches.
Currently I am working on 2 large pieces on paper, 2 on wood, 3 woven spider webs, and I am ready to begin work on 40+ spiderlings and their mother.
For the spider installation, I decided to light the egg sack from within and make the finish installation seem celestial. This weekend I purchased some 16 gauge wire (200 ft, ready for future projects). I plan on getting styrofoam today to stick wire through so that I can build the spiderling bodies without distorting them with the pressure from my fingers. I hope to work on 5 at a time.
A few things I still need to solidify and start construction on are the material for the legs of the spiders, the web string material, and the possible infrastructure of the egg sack. I plan on tying this up today.
Here are a few of the photos I took to study the mama spider in our kitchen window. She has hatched 5 egg sacks since the beginning of the summer. This was my inspiration for the project.
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