Re: Mucotypes
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- Subject: Re: Mucotypes
- From: Malin Fabbri <altprints@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:53:14 -0800 (PST)
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Wow! Is there someone who actually has printed a photograph with this
process? Can it be seen somewhere?
All the best,
Malin
--- Judy Seigel <jseigel@panix.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, 12 Dec 2007, John Cremati wrote:
>
> > Re: Mucotypes
> >
> > "At least twelve species of shellfish are known to yield
> photosensitive
> > extracts which are transformed by sunlight into purple or blue
> dyes"
> > Amazing! I guess there is truley nothing new under the
> sun.....
>
> The version of the blue dye generally referred to may be a
> different
> animal -- that is, what I'd heard, or actually read, was that the
> color
> was in the shell, not the creature inhabiting it.
>
> Also that this was the origin of the term "royal purple," because,
> it
> being so scarce, only royalty was allowed to wear it, or/and only
> royalty
> could afford it.
>
> J.
>
Malin Fabbri
Editor, AlternativePhotography.com - Historical photographic methods in use today.
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