Now before you run screaming from this post, please remember these spiders are completely inert, very agreeable, rather lovely in their gleaming black coats, sport a fetching reflective red flash and are useful to boot.
Magda and her sisters are individually hand made by Michael. A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, Michael used to make spiders in five sizes for "Metal Moments", his initial commercial push as an artist. His spontaneity was suppressed and his good lady wife at the time wanted him to get a proper job. Hence "Metal Moments" and his spiders ceased to be.
Until now. The metal tables were set up, the jigs were resurrected, the metal components were found and the spiders were constructed. Individually, piece by piece. Each one an original. No mass production here. The excitement was building.
Michael picked up his spiders from the powder coaters today. The dining table has become a work station whilst he watches the footy. The rare earth magnets are being placed on their undersides. Later, the final red flashes will be carefully placed on their bottoms, completing their metamorphosis from mill balls, mild steel rods and ball bearings to redback fridge magnets.
And not just any fridge magnet. They are strong. Magda will hold six hundred grammes of bills to your fridge - about a pound in the old language. This could be good or bad; depends on whether you want to lose your bills under the fridge or not.
Magda and her sisters will be available - exclusively - from the East End Gallery. We are also aware that there are a number of visitors who have been waiting for the spiders to be launched.
THE TIME HAS COME....
We have twenty-four redbacks waiting to go to new homes :-)
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