After I completed each drawing, they were placed in a wooden box. The interior length of the box is 19 inches long, which corresponds to my daughter's height at birth. The project ended when I could no longer fit drawings into the box.
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The box was constructed by Trappist Caskets of New Melleray Abbey in Peosta, Iowa.