From: John Edwards (edw4@mindspring.com)
Date: 02/20/02-01:09:40 AM Z
Jack Fulton wrote:
> Anyway, a few years ago Jewish scientists were attempting to recreate this
> ancient purple and found, along the coast of the Mediterranean, the source:
> a sea slug or snail. The snail/slug exudes a mucous to slide across the
> ground as we all know. this particular snail/slug is in a limited area along
> the Mediterranean Sea and when gathered in a sufficient quantity and (I
> guess) squeezed and smashed, produce a yellow mucous-like substance that
> WHEN EXPOSED TO SUNLIGHT turns purple. This was the ancient source of the
> purple for the Tallit.
>
> I think one might be able to reproduce a silk-screened negative using
> squashed sea snail/slugs and exposing to sun.
Bingo! - I had a feeling this thread would bear fruit. Now to find out if our local
NW slugs or coastal varieties have the same chemical.
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