Spider Web Paintings

Spider webs can be painted with spray paint and "captured" on a surface. You can put a REAL spider web on your guitar or motorcycle tank. I've captured webs on simple squares of corrugated cardboard, plywood, even a clarinet case! The pictures I have taken do not do these any justice. They look like intricately hand-painted webs! 

Step 1: You will need

some corrugated cardboard,
spray paints: one light color & one dark color,
a compatible matte clear coat of some kind,
cooperative spiders 

Comments

[saffron69]

This is great! we have soo many spiders in our back yard all thoses nice big web building ones... usually i spot them as im taking the scraps to the compost early in the morning after ive copped a faceful or two. =)

[dreamberry]

Hi Saffron69! An old folk remedy for asthma is to eat a spider web. I've had a mouthful, and I don't have asthma, so it must be true. This is the perfect get-even.

[artgurl]

this is gr8 i mean it actually turned out pretty neat

[dreamberry]

Yay! I'm glad to hear it! There are so many Instructables I want to try! Maybe there is an Instructable on "How to Make More Time For Oneself". Happy Thanksgiving!

[Kryptonite]

That's an incredible pic on the introduction, when ever I've done it they're always a lot smaller.

[dreamberry]

That one was built by the spider in my shed door, it completely filled the door frame. I walked into the first one. I've seen bigger, out in the forest, and without supplies. I think the park ranger would have a fit if he saw me out there with a 4x8 sheet of plywood and a bunch of paint. I'll brave it, one of these days.

[Kryptonite]

Explain to him it's for your next week's science class, as you are a teacher. ; )

[aramanthe]

This is a pretty sweet idea. :) I hate spiders but love the look of their webs, so I think I may be doing this as a creepy gift for my friends :D

[dreamberry]

Cool! I've given away a few myself. Practice makes perfect! (my rule with spideys is, as long as they don't invade my zone, they can live, but if they're "comin' right at me" ..... :)

[l8nite]

this looks and sounds totally over the top, this is really thinking outside the box.. thank you so much for sharing

[dreamberry]

Thanks for the comments! Hope I can come up with some more cool Instructables. It's nice to know that people really are interested! Your PB&J reminds me of The Co-op Deli in Iowa City...mmm....marbely.

[canida]

What a cool idea! It sounds simple, but dramatic.
Thanks for sharing, I may give it a try this weekend.

[dreamberry]

Thanks! BTW i luv duckmouse! i think he has superhero potential!

[Void Schism]

This is going to be the perfect Christmas gift for several of my friends.
Got some great wetland near me with some awesome webs. Add a custom frame and they are going to be thrilled.
Thanks for the idea!

[dreamberry]

You're very much welcome! Don't forget to tell your friends about Instructables.com

[mr_step]

Some spiders eat their own web in order to be able to get the "raw materials" to create a new one.

Just thought I'd put that out there if anyone was concerned about the well being of the original spider "artist"....

Otherwise, great idea.

[dreamberry]

Thank You. I wondered about that. I do feel bad for destroying a creatures hard work, but I get over it pretty quickly. I hesitated to call this art,since like you said, the spider is the artist. I found the thread concerning taxidermy and exploitation of animals. There are some interesting points raised by both sides. Having said that, yeah they're cool.

[mrubesch]

They showed this on an old Beakman's World episode and i totally forgot about it...now to find some spider webs!

[dreamberry]

Yeah, I'm not the progenitor of this idea. I saw it in the Enquirer or Star or World Weekly News or something like that, when I worked at the cookie factory in the early 90's. In the article, a couple was selling them at a flea market. I made enough of them to get good at it, but I gave mine as gifts. (cheap) I searched Instructables and didn't see it, so I thought I'd post it. I bet there are a lot of old craft projects that haven't been covered here.