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Oil paints can also be used and stippling is a technique that can be used to reduce the chance of damage to the canvas, however this can be very slow.<ref>[http://blog.al.com/entertainment-times/2010/11/cobweb_painter_exhibit.html Cobweb Painter] Retrieved : 2013-02-12</ref> Chinese ink was also sometimes used.<ref name=h>[http://www.auxfilsdelart.com/histoire_anglais.htm Cobweb Painters] Retrieved : 2013-02-12</ref> |
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Revision as of 02:41, 12 February 2013
Cobweb painting, sometimes known as Gossamer painting relates to paintings that are created on a canvas made from spiders webs that have been collected, layered, cleaned, and placed within a frame. Less than 100 known cobweb paintings are known to exist, many of which are housed in private collections and are clearly an example of whimsy overcoming practicality.[1]
Introduction
Cobweb comes from the obsolete word coppe, meaning "spider"[2]. Cobwebs are is a fine device created by spiders from proteinaceous spider silk extruded from spinnerets. The stickiness of spiders' webs that allows them to stick together to form a 'canvas' is due to droplets of glue suspended on the silk threads.
History
Cobweb painting is still occasionally attempted.[3]
The Cobweb canvas
The cobwebs used for the 16th century Austrain example came from Agelenidae "Funnel-Web" spiders, whose webs were gathered, layered and wound to form a delicate fabric, then stretched over cardboard to make an oval window mat. The canvas could be strengthened by brushing diluted milk onto the fabric.[1] Much effort is required to clean the cobweb canvas before use, removing insect parts, spider droppings, etc.
Other webs canvases
A picture of the Virgin Mary can be found in Chester Cathedral, painted on the net of the Caterpillar Hyponomeuta Envoymella L. It is probably by the Tyrolese artist Johan Burgman (d.1825) and it is a copy of a picture by Lucas Cranach I (1472-1553).[4]
The painting process
Oil paints can also be used and stippling is a technique that can be used to reduce the chance of damage to the canvas, however this can be very slow.[5] Chinese ink was also sometimes used.[6]
References
- Notes
- ^ a b Cobweb Portraits Retrieved : 2013-02-12
- ^ Compact Oxford English Dictionary: cobweb Retrieved : 2013-02-12
- ^ Cobweb Painter Exhibit Retrieved : 2013-02-12
- ^ Virgin Mary on a cobweb Retrieved : 2013-02-12
- ^ Cobweb Painter Retrieved : 2013-02-12
- ^ Cobweb Painters Retrieved : 2013-02-12