tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078507.post1430052473494216608..comments2023-11-18T09:51:52.115+10:30Comments on Medlar Comfits: The spider behind the counteranna tambourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338581782386113668noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078507.post-8793926533696760142009-09-24T15:29:32.522+09:302009-09-24T15:29:32.522+09:30Thank you, Alice! I'll have to put that into t...Thank you, Alice! I'll have to put that into the Irresistibles. I wonder what it feels like having silk pulled from your body. I suppose 'silken', but . . .anna tambourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01338581782386113668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078507.post-85189115524418043642009-09-23T22:05:01.311+09:302009-09-23T22:05:01.311+09:30Anna, you may find this article from today's N...Anna, you may find this article from today's New York Times interesting: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/23/arts/design/23spiders.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/23/arts/design/23spiders.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper</a>. It's about making cloth from the silk of Madagascar golden orb spiders.<br /><br />AliceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078507.post-73375337034420288082009-09-23T11:24:34.403+09:302009-09-23T11:24:34.403+09:30I wish I could show it in all its moody glory, and...I wish I could show it in all its moody glory, and its gemlike sparkle. When I first came upon it amongst the leaf-littered forest floor, it was lit by a ray of tree-filtered sun, and it looked like spun aquamarine. The play of colour reminds me of opals, and I think it has to do with the crimp, for this monofilament makes the close-crimp of super-fine (<20 microns) Marino wool look like bridge cable teased by the friction of tectonic plates.anna tambourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01338581782386113668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078507.post-44732531862188882442009-09-22T09:42:05.691+09:302009-09-22T09:42:05.691+09:30That's a very beautiful green.That's a very beautiful green.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com