On 2 Sep 2015, at 11:51, Jane wrote:
> I've never heard of sea silk before, but found this article amazing. I
> thought others of you might be interested.
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33691781
If any one wants to know more bout sea silk there’s an interesting
What a wonderful article. I have heard the name but never knew anything about
it. My thanks to Arachne members for all I have learned over the years, may we
continue for a long time.
Alex
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I joined Arachne just a few months after it started. I was very lucky to have
a work email and a little while after that, I got my own email address and my
first personal website.
For me, Arachne has been my support for nearly the entirety that I have made
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Thanks for sharing this! It is a very intriguing story.
Liz in Missouri USA
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I've never heard of sea silk before, but found
I've never heard of sea silk before, but found this article amazing. I
thought others of you might be interested.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33691781
Jane
New Forest, UK
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Hi fellow Arachnids,
Had never heard of this material, or the fact that the people who live in this
area are of Jewish roots.
This is a very interesting article and I would love to see and touch some
byssus (sea silk) material.
Happy lace making,
Joepie, in (yet again) overcast East
Thank you, Jane.
In 20 years, we have discussed many subjects on Arachne. You may learn
more by searching
1. Sea Silk
2. Byssus
in our archives:
http://www.mail-archive.com/lace@arachne.com/index.html
Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
There has been an exhibit on Sea Silk, Muschelseide in German, at the Museum
of Natural History in Basel, Switzerland in 2004. The museum has an
illustrated article in German on its website, as well as several contact
email addresses. The link:
Thank you, Elisabeth for the link at the Museum of National History
in Basel. I could not open it but found it at: http://www.nmb.bs.ch/
ausstellungen/vergangene-ausstellungen.htm
Only the bs. was missing.
The text and the links given by the museum are very interesting. Have
you seen that
Does anyone on our international list know about Sea Silk?
PieceWork editors are looking for information about sea silk, or
byssus -- a
silky filament secreted by certain bivalve mollusks to attach
themselves to
rocks or other substrates, perhaps near Spain. There is an
interest in
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