The Southern Diarists Society
2006
Homemade paper (pulp made from brides’ letters to soldiers from various wars, ink retrieved from letters, cotton), colored paper, fabric and thread from soldiers’ uniforms from various wars, hair flowers braided by war widows, mourning dress fabric, silk, ribbon, lace, cartes de visite, antique buttons, excavated shrapnel and melted bullet lead from various battlefields
45” x 37” x 6”