shirt-to-dirt gallery
See the visual data we've collected so far!
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Amy
Simple Science
Tucson
Arizona
2 weeks
Jul 5, 2023
Barbara
Buried Meditation Book
San Antonio
Texas
No decomposition of fabric but some of the natural added elements are breaking down.
2 weeks
Jul 5, 2023
Barbara
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San Antonio
Texas
It doesn’t appear to have decomposed at all.
2 weeks
Jul 5, 2023
Megan
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Raymore
Missouri
Little change other than embedded dirt. Gave fabric a gentle cleaning before photo was taken.
2 weeks
Jul 5, 2023
Pamela
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Coeburn
Virginia
A couple of days after the linen burial, my husband saw the Week 2 sample unearthed, but the linen square was lying beside the marker on the ground. I’m sure it happened sometime within the previous day, so it was not exposed out of the hole for long. The square was intact…I suspect a squirrel was the culprit (this is my fairy glen, so perhaps a fairy)! I re-buried it and there were no more unearthing incidents.
2 weeks
Jul 5, 2023
Jacqueline Manni
Buried Meditation Book
Collingswood
New Jersey
Seedlings growing over the burial site. I was surprised how advanced the decomposition was on the outer layers. The fastening was already disintegrated.
2 weeks
Jul 5, 2023
Elizabeth
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Morrison
Colorado
2 weeks
Jul 4, 2023
Diane
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Denver
Colorado
Whoops - forgot to add the photo, so disregard my “blank” post! Included the unburied swatch for comparison.
2 weeks
Jul 4, 2023
Diane
Simple Science
Denver
Colorado
The two-week sample was slightly “stabbed” during the excavation (oops!). The unburied swatch is included for comparison. Hope everyone is enjoying Independence Day!
2 weeks
Jul 4, 2023
Lisa
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Hendersonville
North Carolina
2 weeks
Jul 4, 2023
Sally
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FAYETTE
Maine
We have had rain nearly every day!
2 weeks
Jul 3, 2023
richard
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fort wayne
Indiana
6 weeks
Jul 3, 2023
buried meditation books
Renee
Just buried
Morrison
Oklahoma
June 15, 2023
No worms. 89 degrees air temp. Good farm soil with small amount of clay.
Michelle
Just made/sewn
Eastlake
Ohio
June 15, 2023
Elizabeth
Just made
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
June 14, 2023
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