Golden Spider Silk

Today a cape and shawl made of golden spider silk went on display at the V&A Museum, London, in Room 17a. Admission is free (title link). Simon Peers and Nicholas Godley fashioned these garments from the silk of more than one million female golden orb-weaver spiders collected in the highlands of Madagascar. The colour is natural. Take a close look at the graphic and you'll see one of the spiders embroidered. CLICK for a BBC video.