Update

This post will be brief, as I am emotionally drained.

The map is off of the embroidery frame, and safely stretched over a sheet of plexiglass. I need to make a clear cover for it, and then have it scanned again. The scan will then be posted here.

I have received several donations of hair, but so far no stories or locations to go with them, so I don't know where on the map they are supposed to go. I think I will start with a story of my own, to both share and demonstrate what I am looking for.

Thank you to everyone who has given hair.

Contribute Your Hair!

Anyone who wants to contribute hair:
please enclose some hairs--20-50 is fine; they can be any length.

Include a story: anything that happened to you in the continental USA. I will incorporate your hair into the fabric of the map at the locations or along the routes that you specify.
The hair becomes a physical record of past journeys! With your permission, I will share the stories on the blog, and eventually on a website dedicated to the map. If you'd rather I incorporate the hair but not share the story, just let me know.

For the address to send hair to,
please email me : elayton(at)g(dot)risd(dot)edu

Thanks!

Hair Lace Map !

Here it is.

 The states are done, having been constructed one hair at a time. Now I will do the background and figure out how to stretch it over glass or acrylic, so that I can keep adding people's hair to it, potentially forever! Once I have it safely on the translucent backing, the fun part begins: adding people's hair! 

Feel free to pass this image around--in fact, please do! I'd appreciate some feedback, so questions and comments are most welcome.