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White Brick Wall

I saw an art piece online somewhere that was a real spider web. (Lots of people do this ‘trend’.)

It was so beautiful I set out to try it myself. I painted a small canvas with matte, black, acrylic paint and waited until I found the perfect web with easy access to swoop around it, as you only get ONE shot to make it right. I found one in an old yard wagon out back, that looked unoccupied even……I first put my hand gently under it-where I intended to put the canvas-to make sure there we’ren’t any ‘snags’…I sprayed the canvas with hairspray first to help the web stick to the canvas. Idk if that is a real method or not-I just thought it would help. Lol….THEN I spray painted the web with white paint-you must be quick and light with the paint-but thorough-otherwise you get drips of paint off the individual strings of webbing….I quickly, but very carefully put the canvas behind it and swopped it upwards, pressing the actual web onto the canvas. Before I pulled it away-I ensured all parts of the web were detached from their original placements as to not ‘drag’ the webbing on the canvas itself. I set it on a flat surface and let it dry. I sprayed a light layer of hairspray again, and when it was dry-I coated it with a sprayed sealant a couple times. It came out SO beautiful! The natural wonder of spider web!

I remembered an old piece of broken jewelry I had in my craft supplies that I knew would perfectly adorn this piece. I was waiting for something befitting of this little spider. I got her from a Betsey Johnson store in Boston MA many moons ago.  One of my favorite designers! She sadly broke, irreparably, years later and she’s been waiting for her new life since.

I give you, ‘Betsey Spiderweb’ !

Betsey Spiderweb

SKU: BSPWB
$150.00Price
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