Leigh Hunt's Scrapbook of Hair

"Hair is at once the most delicate and lasting of our materials..."

For me, notes aren’t just words written on a piece of paper. They are records kept as aids to memory. For this reason, notes can be objects kept in books: scraps of paper, photographs, or even locks of hair.

Because hair doesn’t decay like other parts of our bodies, it makes a fantastic collector’s item…if you’re into that sort of thing. And lots of peo…