On our day trip to Lyon we toured a silk factory. Our tour guide shared some interesting facts about how silk is made. The fact that intrigued me the mist was it takes 8 hours to make only 35cm of silk. For one meter of this silk it would cost $2000. The part of the silk tour that I enjoyed the most though was when our tour guide demonstrated the technique of making silk. From watching this demonstration I learned how much precise you have to be to make sure that the colors match the template.
I was also very struck by the cost of production! Who would have thought it would be so time consuming! I wonder how they would have a consistent income if only royals and military could afford their product!?
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