Hair lockets
This week I've started working with human hair- creating locks of real hair tied with silk ribbon and pinned delicately to wood.
I love the symbolism linked to locks of hair; throughout history they have held sentimental, religious and superstitious roles.
My grandmother gave my grandfather a lock of hair before he went away with the navy and I just love the sentimentality of him carrying it with him to remind him of her whilst they were apart.
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