A dedicated graveyard tourist and strong advocate for death education for over a decade, Mx. Lydia sought to fill a gap after starting their own journaling hobby: A lack of historical death washi!
They’ve selected two favorites commonly seen in New England burial grounds. The Deaths’ Head was most common over the 1600s & 1700s. Depicting the angel of death, this often crude symbol reminder of mourner’s mortality in order to pressure them to remain Godly in life. The Urn & Willow came later, primarily in the late 1700’s to mid 1800’s when Western society revived Greek aesthetics as a fad. Though still representing stark mortality, epitaphs during the Urn & Willow’s reign would quickly give way to a softer tone to comfort visiting survivors.

Comes in a set: Two shrink-wrapped rolls, each .59 in width and 32.8 ft in length. Box is printed and hand assembled in studio and uses natural coconut paste.