Arachnophobic

Soft knitted and black voile fabric soft sculpture with wire in legs(8).
90cm long,50cm wide and 40cm deep. Sculpture suspended on
movable pulley to assist ascension and descent.



Following the Elusive Elevation installation, I experienced a desire to produce a spider. Just like Louise Bourgeois' Maman 1999 was a representation of the figure of her mother. I constructed the black knitted piece, but this process was hidden under black with silver dotted translucent  material.This sculpture is  serving to represent the inner torment(the internal id)  which is the 'true' unconscious  source derived from the instinctual needs of oneself  (the knitted inside). This is covered by the 'false' outer external egocentric  or selfish' skin' which when high up near the ceiling appears to be of accurate material making. It is only when the spider is lowered does one see the real truth of the sculpture,which is the knitted form   instantly  covered and disguised.