Spider Necklace
Artist
Colleen Thompson
Date1987
Object NameNecklace
Mediumcopper, brass mesh and gilding metal
ClassificationsJewellery
DimensionsOpen: 48cm
19.5 × 24cm
19.5 × 24cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1988 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions.
Copyright© Colleen Thompson (2005)
LocationOn Display - Gallery 08
Object numberABDAG008626
About MeMacabre spider necklace formed from twisted mesh loops and links of burnished copper by Colleen Thomson in 1987. Brass mesh ragged leaves fall from each link, flanking a copper spider on a chain. Colleen Thomson's work is strongly influenced by primitive art forms, combined with mythical symbolism; she creates figurative pieces, allstrange and mysterious, some disturbing and macabre.More About Me
I think this necklace would look great on a witch who lives in a forest and keeps bats inside her cloak. Emily Ives-Keeler.
Exhibitions
Sir Robert Williams
