Golden Orb Spider Farm … speculates on a plausible near future where we become reliant on synthetic organs to replace body parts, in particular the womb. The project is based on research into how spider silk might become a material of choice for prototyping scaffolds on which to grow human tissue. … Golden Orb spider farm speculates that employers may want to persuade their high calibre employees to delay having children in return for hi-tech fertility insurance. Female employees would receive glass Gold Orb spider farms in which to house and breed spiders. The women would feed spiders with flies every day. Once a month, a silking machine would extract several metres from each spider in the farm. In due course this gift is passed on to the child that emerges from the silky womb. Once used, this object might take on a new role of a family heirloom.
