Spider web: unusual crafts by Emil Fiore

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Popular sign: if a cobweb has started up in the corners of the house, it's time to do the cleaning. And for 58-year-old Emile Fiore, it's time to create another piece of art. America's first "webmaster" collects the most ordinary spider web and creates unusual crafts out of it. Subtle, graceful butterfly and fly traps, silver plated by an American craftsman, always find buyers.

Modern craftsmen love to imitate spiders, creating openwork weaving from scotch tape, multi-colored threads, glass. At the same time, the real web is almost never used in their work. The situation needs to be corrected urgently.

Emil Fiore, also known as Rocky, has loved outdoor walks all his life. And about a quarter of a century ago, he suddenly decided to combine the pleasant and the useful with the collection of cobwebs for artistic experiments. The young naturalist's handbook suggested dusting an elegant find with talcum powder and then placing it on a varnished surface, because otherwise it would live only a few hours. The recipe is simple, the main thing is to have time to glue the cobweb before the varnish has dried.

At first, the master decided to clamp a thin and fragile exhibit between two glasses, but then he decided to rely on the experience of the compilers of the encyclopedia: children will not be advised bad! And rightly so, the work began to turn out more elegantly, and also gained popularity.

As a rule, Emile Fiore collects cobwebs for his unusual crafts in the forest, in the vicinity of his hometown of Dumont (New Jersey). The craftsman paints the cobweb with silver spray paint and places it on dark glass. Unique pieces are being sold on Spiderman's website from Whirled Wide Webs for $ 200 and up.

Emil Fiore sees his web experiments as a hobby, like hunting, fishing or mushroom picking. Although this is the main source of income for the master, a former builder with 30 years of experience.

You walk through the forest, all around it is quiet and calm: the birds are singing, the snakes are darting in the grass - beauty! Sometimes you have to look for the desired object for a long time. And now a large prey has been found! It flutters in the wind, sparkles and shimmers with all the colors of the rainbow. Time stops, the hunter makes a stance, freezing with admiration.

Emil Fiore claims that not a single spider was harmed during his art experiments. Maybe maybe he got a little hungry. And there are as many as 12 thousand such sufferers: this is how many unusual handicrafts the master has created in 25 years of creativity.