My name is Dominique Butler a current English/Literature student at the College of the Bahamas. This blog was made for a photojournalism class that I'm currently taking, however feel free to browse.
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
Arachnophobe creates cape woven from spider silk - Week 2
A golden cape woven from the silk of 1.2 million Golden Orb spiders has gone on display at London's Victoria and Albert Museum. The richly-embroidered garment -- its bright yellow hue is the natural color of the spider silk -- is the result of a seven-year project on the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar. Using long poles, a team of 80 people worked to collect the spiders from their webs each day and harvest their silk before returning them to the wild.
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