When Arachne the weaver is punished by Athena for her hubris as an artist, manifested dramatically in her mocking depiction of the deities in her tapestries, she hangs herself from a tree. At the ...

Ovid's Metamorphoses speaks of the orb-weavers, said to be descendants of Arachne, a figure in Greek mythology who wove beautiful tapestries and dared to challenge Athena to a weaving contest.

Spinning atop a suspended six foot arrow and swinging on the intricate arms of the standing sculpture below, Mara, Andrea and Sharon blend their personal stories with the myth of Demeter and ...