December 15, 2025
Tag: Cochineal
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God, Glory and Gold vs. God, Glory and … Dead Bugs
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The cochineal is an insect slightly larger than a poppy seed. The bug’s carcass is the prime ingredient in creating a natural dye using carmine. Primarily a parasite, they are native to tropical and subtropical South America and up through North America and are collected from the pad of prickly pear cacti.
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June 22, 2022 5 Comments
There are twelve six-part sets of Uvachrom postcards illustrated by Oskar Herrfurth. You may not know Oskar, but the name of the brothers who found the Tale of the Bremen Musicians is surely one you know – it’s a “Grimm” story! Pun intended.