Spider Temple

Spider Temple consists of eight freestanding stainless steel forms, shaped like spider legs and radiating from a shared center. Each leg is illuminated from within; light spilling through intricate laser-cut designs that cast shifting shadows and woven patterns of light. The piece draws inspiration from a 3,200 year old mural of a spider deity in northern Peru’s Virú province. Spiders have long been mythological symbols of elemental balance, fire and water, and the non-binary complexities of femme identity.