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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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is that the one about squeezing snails?
Cochineal's an interesting one, too, for ages the dudes who discovered it (I want to say somewhere is south america here, but I think I'm wrong) didn't let on it was beetles for ages and so controlled it's production for years
( , Sun 13 May 2012, 12:33, 1 reply, 12 years ago)
Cochineal's an interesting one, too, for ages the dudes who discovered it (I want to say somewhere is south america here, but I think I'm wrong) didn't let on it was beetles for ages and so controlled it's production for years
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For centuries the only source of purple dye was a small snail that existed only on one Mediterranean isle. Hence the 'royal' association with the colour due to its huge cost. In the 1800's a teenager trying to produce synthetic quinine accidentally made mauvine, the worlds first synthetic dye.
( , Sun 13 May 2012, 12:36, Reply)
For centuries the only source of purple dye was a small snail that existed only on one Mediterranean isle. Hence the 'royal' association with the colour due to its huge cost. In the 1800's a teenager trying to produce synthetic quinine accidentally made mauvine, the worlds first synthetic dye.
( , Sun 13 May 2012, 12:36, Reply)
cool
i read this a while ago, it's really interesting stuff www.amazon.co.uk/Colour-Travels-Paintbox-Victoria-Finlay/dp/0340733292/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1336909071&sr=8-1
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i read this a while ago, it's really interesting stuff www.amazon.co.uk/Colour-Travels-Paintbox-Victoria-Finlay/dp/0340733292/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1336909071&sr=8-1
( , Sun 13 May 2012, 12:38, Reply)
Mmm you may have helped me break through my writers block
Ill begin in a bit
( , Sun 13 May 2012, 13:09, Reply)
Ill begin in a bit
( , Sun 13 May 2012, 13:09, Reply)
yay!
If you need pictures of wool in mordant, I got em. Soon cochineal
( , Sun 13 May 2012, 13:22, Reply)
If you need pictures of wool in mordant, I got em. Soon cochineal
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