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I turned up a blank when trying to search for information so ran it by one of our painting conservators and received the following reply, hope it helps: "I am not familiar with this practice so I asked around. The textile conservators informed me that there were spider farms in Madagascar to produce a thread (similar to silk) for weaving into fabric. Objects conservators mentioned the practice of indiginous peoples in New Guinea and South America who collect spider webs to make a felted fabric. No one can remember their sources for this information. One of the object conservators mentioned that fabric made from spiders webs cannot be washed." Vicki Marsh Reference Librarian National Gallery of Australia GPO Box 1150 Canberra ACT 2601 Tel: + 61 2 6240 6535 Fax: + 61 2 6273 2155 www.nga.gov.au -----Original Message----- From: Nicole Jackson [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, 26 June 2003 1:42 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [ARLIS-L] cobwebs query Please would you place the following query on the discussion list: Dear colleagues A painting student at the University of Auckland School of Fine Arts came to the desk to see if the Fine Arts Library had any information about the technique used in Victorian times in England of gathering cobwebs and making them up into a canvas to paint on. She has been using cobwebs to achieved effects in her own work and was intrigued to be told that some 19th century artists in England used them to form a canvas. Could anyone suggest a book that might include something about the technique, or even suggest a search term we could use with BHA or Art Abstracts. Nicole Jackson [log in to unmask] Fine Arts Library Te Herenga Toi University of Auckland Private Bag 92019 Auckland, New Zealand Ph. 64 9 3737 599 ext. 88078 Fax: 64 9 3737 041 __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org//membership.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask] National Gallery of Australia Winner 2002-03 Australian Tourism Award. 'Sari To Sarong' opens 11 July 2003. See http://nga.gov.au/SariToSarong for details. The National Gallery of Australia is a Federal Government Agency. __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org//membership.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask]