#it’s gonna be hard like the guide casually said something like separate 16 piece of 80 (

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For one of my finals this semester I’m going to (try) following an 1867 guidebook on making hair jewelry :)

Also probably gonna write up an essay on Victorian mourning art in America (tho not all hair jewelry is an expression of mourning!), I’m excited to dive in

#it’s gonna be hard like the guide casually said something like separate 16 piece of 80 (?) strands each like SIR #that’s so many strands of hair to count out!! also I imagine modern hair has a different texture given we usually wash our hair much more #than white Victorians did. tho who knows that calls for like a very specialized history book #I’m going to tie it back to my family tree looking at my great great great (possibly third great) grandparents since they line up with the #1860s when this guidebook came out. I’ve got a grandmother named thursy who lived thru this period so im gonna make a hypothetical story #about one of her sisters passing in the 1860s and thursy making a piece. really don’t need the background but this is supposed to be a final #project that incorporates creative writing so....... #guess I’ll write something about thursy and also incorporate a historical analysis cause why not #tapes & coffee talk