Cross My Heart/Spin Me A Yarn

dimensions: Variable (central web 11x12” spider 1.75x1x0.5")

materials: thread, clay, wire, paint

date: 2023

In 1973, two cross orb weavers - named Arabella and Anita - were sent up in Skylab 3 and became the first spiders to spin webs in space.

The eponymous cross marking on a cross orb weaver’s abdomen is situated right above the heart.