the hankie project

This project was borne out of the recent sudden death of my father, a handkerchief, some emotive words written by a sibling on his death and the traumatic aftermath of a death processed according to particular societal and cultural mores. Interested artists and Individuals are invited to create an artwork on a handkerchief (any handkerchief not necessarily a man's) based around death/grief/bereavement and return it to me by mid July 2011 for inclusion in a show in Melbourne in August, 2011

Monday, January 25, 2010

Hankie sewn through with fishing line by Monica Oppen, Sydney.

Monica said of her work "until I took the cloth out to stitch it for this project I always thought it was a hankie. I kept it in a drawer with other hankies but never used it because , being made out of linen, it is too rough to use on your nose. I always wondered why someone had embroidered it so much! Also making it uncomfortable! Because I have always thought it a hankie I shall continue to do so! So I have exaggerated the discomfort of using it to try and express the discomfort of grief." Monica Oppen Jan 2010

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patricia sahertianMay 17, 2010 at 8:13 AM
the texture is incredible. i want to touch it, then i don't.
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