Comments on: The Land of Ersatz Arthropods http://www.microkhan.com/2010/01/11/the-land-of-ersatz-arthropods/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-land-of-ersatz-arthropods Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:39:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: jackal http://www.microkhan.com/2010/01/11/the-land-of-ersatz-arthropods/comment-page-1/#comment-5327 jackal Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:34:09 +0000 http://www.microkhan.com/?p=3587#comment-5327 On the drive out of Marrakech I noticed a lot of people digging by the roadside (not building roads) -- apparently they were digging out geodes. Not sure if there's a market for fakes of those, but I'm sure some enterprising folks in the medina are working on it if there are.. (As a sidenote, a geologist aunt told me to go see all these interesting geological sites when I mentioned I was visiting Morocco, so I guess it's a hotspot of geology-oriented travel holidays. Or something like that..) On the drive out of Marrakech I noticed a lot of people digging by the roadside (not building roads) — apparently they were digging out geodes. Not sure if there’s a market for fakes of those, but I’m sure some enterprising folks in the medina are working on it if there are..

(As a sidenote, a geologist aunt told me to go see all these interesting geological sites when I mentioned I was visiting Morocco, so I guess it’s a hotspot of geology-oriented travel holidays. Or something like that..)

]]> By: Brendan I. Koerner http://www.microkhan.com/2010/01/11/the-land-of-ersatz-arthropods/comment-page-1/#comment-5310 Brendan I. Koerner Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:51:43 +0000 http://www.microkhan.com/?p=3587#comment-5310 Thanks for the link to the Fallows post. The gallery by the German photographer is stellar--I found this image particularly poignant for some odd reason: http://www.photomichaelwolf.com/china_copy_artist/24.jpg Thanks for the link to the Fallows post. The gallery by the German photographer is stellar–I found this image particularly poignant for some odd reason:

http://www.photomichaelwolf.com/china_copy_artist/24.jpg

]]> By: minderbender http://www.microkhan.com/2010/01/11/the-land-of-ersatz-arthropods/comment-page-1/#comment-5306 minderbender Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:27:01 +0000 http://www.microkhan.com/?p=3587#comment-5306 Reminds me of <a href="http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/01/more_on_massproduced_fine_art.php" rel="nofollow">this</a>, although I don't think the Chinese art is meant to be passed off as genuine. Reminds me of this, although I don’t think the Chinese art is meant to be passed off as genuine.

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