[Jewelry making - Article 00140] - [Orchid] Casting spider?

[Karen Goeller]

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    This may seem a bit odd, but bear with me, please. 

    We have been graced this year with an absolutely gorgeous orb-weaver
    spider (Argiope aurantia), who has chosen to make her spectacular web
    in our front window. For those of you who aren't familiar with orb
    weavers, they are the "Charlotte" from Charlotte's Web fame -
    yellow-and-black bodies and long graceful legs. They weave beautiful
    webs with "signatures" (each spider's is different, I understand) in
    them. They range in size, but ours has a body about 1" long - about
    2.5" from the tip of her front legs to the end of her back legs, I'd
    guess. (More about them and photos here: 

    http://tinyurl.com/54a4d

    She's spun her egg sac and now it's only a matter of time until she
    dies (first frost or earlier).  When she does, I'd LOVE to make a
    casting of her, but I'm not quite sure how to go about it.  I'd like
    to capture as much of the detailing on her abdomen as possible, as
    well as the grace of those legs.  So, any suggestions?  Is
    plaster/burnout the way to go? Or RTV?  Or something else?  Anyone
    ever tried this successfully? 

Karen Goeller
kgoeller AT nolimitations.com
Hand-crafted artisan jewelry
http://www.nolimitations.com

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