The Grandmother Spider necklace was created with inpiration from various style of Native American jewelry and the movement of spider webs. It features a metal web base with a hand-fractured glass gem wireworked into place. Silver chains and glass beads (aurora borealis and clear), a handmade 3 loop connector, a toggle clasp, and two handmade beaded spiders complete the this beautiful piece.
Grandmother Spider (Na'ashjéii Asdzáá, Spider Grandmother, Spider Woman, Spider Old-Woman) is from the several Native American folklores, including the Navajo, Cherokee, Hopi, and Pueblo tribes. She was believed to create the stars in the sky, lacing dew onto one of her webs and throwing it into the sky. From the Sky World, she watched the universe and the living things within it from her web. She spun the Web of Life with her song, dance and threads. Every living creature came into being through her song and dance. She created the stars, planets, light, and thoughts; her web was woven throughout every cycle and part of creation.
Her lesson is that we are not separate beings; we are all part fo the Great Mystery. We experience an individual awareness through our physical bodies, but all life is inter-connected. All life is equal within her Web of Life, and each life brings its own gifts and contributions therein.
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