Hair Jewel #1 design It sat flush to the

It sat flush to the wall and had several pegs that stuck out of the antlers

capturing it

Only then does the meticulously surgical brushwork begin

High Symmetry: The Touch

Hair Jewel #1 design It sat flush to the"This series takes the Victorian women's practice of sentimental hairwork as its jumping off point. For the Victorians, mourning was a very public act. Rather than a private emotion or an embarrassment, grief was a popular motif for the arts and fashion. What strikes modern sensibilities as mawkish and overly sentimental behavior was, at the time, considered proof of a person's sincerity and morality. Ornamental hairwork, painstakingly crafted from