Wild silk used to produce cloth. They usually produce a tougher and rougher silk than that from domesticated "Bombyx mori" silkworms. Wild silks are usually harvested after the moths have left the cocoons, cutting the threads in the process, so that there is not one long thread, as with domesticated silkworms. Wild silks are more difficult to bleach and dye than silk from "Bombyx mori", but most have naturally attractive colours, particularly the rich golden sheen of the silk produced by the muga silkworm from Assam, often known as Assam silk. The cocoon shells of wild silk moths are toughened or stabilized
Centro Mori Centro Mori The Centro Mori or Centro Cultural Mori ("Mori Cultural Center") is a cultural project founded in Santiago, Chile by actors Gonzalo Valenzuela and Benjamín Vicuña, together with their partner Cristóbal Vial. The center is located in Barrio Bellavista - a neighborhood of Santiago with a strong cultural heritage - in an old house at the foot of San Cristóbal Hill (street address Constitución 183), next to the Plaza Camilo Mori and near "La Chascona" (the museum and former house of Pablo Neruda). The property was restored in 2005 by the actors and a group of professionals to turn