Friday 14 September 2012

Nature's Fibre Artists (Not For Those With Arachnophobia!)

I have spent the morning trying to get a good photo of the many spiders in my back garden. 


The garden and the house seem to be full of them this year. I think there are more than usual. My mum insists spiders are lucky, not just the money ones, and it very bad luck to kill one. So I spend quite a bit of time trying to gently remove them from my house to the garden.





I have had a few online discussions about whether photography is a craft, but in this case I would definitely argue that these are fibre artists.  I hope they inspire you, particularly if you are into weaving or spinning!


I am also linking to Saturday Snapshot at At Home With Books.

22 comments:

  1. We had lots of spiders last year, although I'm not a fan I certainly have respects for them. And I agree that they are fibre artists, dreaming of the days when I can spin as fine a yarn as their web :)

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  2. Those are beautiful pictures. They make me think I like spiders a lot more than I do.

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  3. I totally love spider webs, and I'm not affraid of spiders inside of the house. I just grab them carefully and bring them out. :-)

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  4. We also have more spiders than usual this year. I was in the basement yesterday with the broom snagging webs out of the ceiling. I hate walking across my basement only to have 3 or 4 spider webs caught in my hair when I get back upstairs. ew The webs outside are beautiful though and the variety of spiders is quite amazing. Thank you for posting the pics.

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  5. I wish I could spin something so beautiful and intricate:-)
    thanks for sharing
    martine

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  6. Your photography skills are incredible. You did a very nice job capturing these little creatures.

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  7. Those photographs are amazing! Now, if only I could weave like those spiders.

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  8. The spider webs are definitely something to admire.

    I don't mind spiders too much. I usually let them be.

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  9. Eeek!!! I'm terrified of spiders, but those are beautiful photographs. Their webs are amazing.
    My Saturday Snapshot

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  10. Really, really cool pictures! I have a few like this from several (um...15 or so) years ago. I may have to dig them out and look at them again.

    Here's my Snapshot.

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  11. Wow! Spiders are not my cup of tea, but you took some excellent shots!

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  12. Stunning. Are you sure they're not crabs?

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  13. Oohh what beautiful spiders and webs those are! I always like seeing them in the garden because I know they help keep the fly population in check.

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  14. When you look closely at spiders they are really beautiful, and the webs are works of at. http://goo.gl/ZsnvZ

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  15. I've had too many spiders this year also, but I'm really o.k. with them, Love your shots.

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  16. Wow, the detail in these images is terrific. If that spider is a girl, she needs to tend to those hairy legs, this is my opinion!

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  17. Wow! Amazing photos! You have a great eye. Spiders really are artists with their webs. You captured awesome details!

    We seem to have extra spiders this year also and my 4 year-old granddaughter is not happy about it. I'm constantly moving them outside as well.

    I'm happy to be a new follower here. I love your photography and I really enjoy using my camera too. I haven't checked out your crafts yet but I'm off to investigate! :)

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  18. What a coincidence! These shots are beautiful. I have to say that your spiders are lot more scary looking than mine!

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  19. These are great. I really love the second one with the brown and green making a mottled background for the web.

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  20. Ewwwwww! Awesome photos, but I have to admit I couldn't look at them for long because of the spiders. :)

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  21. Nice detail on the spiders! I'm always rescuing them from my house and putting them back outside where I keep telling them they belong. Most of the ones I find are small and no where near as intricate as yours are.

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  22. I don't mind looking at spiders or their webs, they really are quite extraordinary creations.

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