Stunning Cape Made By 1.2 Million Spiders
“The geeks love this,” says designer Nicholas Godley, in a recent Guardian article. Godley, of course, is referring to the Gossamer Cape (pictured above), which shares its name with a World of Warcraft item. But Godley’s cape is no fairy tail. After teaming up with art historian and textile expert Simon Peers, who owns a silk spooling device and is based in Madgascar, Godley created the cape from the silk of The Golden Orb spider.
A Victorian & Albert Museum exhibition will showcase the cape this month, as well as the remarkable history of spider-silk weaving.
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| TOPICS: | Arts & Culture, Fashion, Work & Business |
| TAGS: | Denna Jones, Gossamer Cape, Nicholas Godley, The Golden Cape, VA museum |
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