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Strumpet & Pink

Willow's Web

Description

Maker

Strumpet & Pink (British, established 2002), design label
With Bolt Threads (American, established 2009), fiber engineers
Melanie Probert (1965-2015), co-founder
Melanie Probert (1965-2015), designer
Lisa Z. Morgan (British, b. 1969), co-founder
Lisa Z. Morgan (British, b. 1969), designer
Carey Brett (Scottish, b. 1964), designer
Carey Brett (Scottish, b. 1964), maker

Title

Willow's Web

Year

2019

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Dimensions

Waist: 96.5 cm (38 inches) (extended)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Edgar J. Lownes Fund and gift of Bolt Threads, Inc.

Object Number

2019.88

Type

Costume

Exhibition History

The Art and Design of Spider Silk

Sep 27, 2019 – Apr 19, 2020

Label copy

Willow’s Web -a collaboration between an American research firm and a UK-based design firm-makes its debut here. Crocheted in Microsilk, a laboratory-generated fiber based on the genetic code of a spider’s web, this garment uses the material’s unique properties of strength and moisture-induced supercontraction to excellent effect. Willow’s Web is a completely modern sensual garment designed to empower and quite literally stimulate its wearer.

Bolt Threads engineers are known for developing sustainable and often vegan biomaterials for the fashion industry, while Strumpet & Pink is celebrated for creating sumptuous works that redefine lingerie.

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Tombstone

Willow's Web, 2019

Hand-crocheted Microsilk, embellished with seed pearls

Waist: 96.5 cm (38 inches) (extended)

Edgar J. Lownes Fund and gift of Bolt Threads, Inc. 2019.88

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