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

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Printed hankie

Playing with transfer prints from photographs and rubber stamps. Unfortunately I had the iron too hot and burnt the transfer print. Had some trouble getting it off. Note to self..patience. I found a rubber stamp ink that is for fabric (colour fast). works well.
Here is the end result which is a bit of a mess really!! Yesterday I found 39 hankies at Lifeline (20c each). The photo is of these hankies all in a pile.

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patricia sahertianMay 17, 2010 at 8:21 AM
i really love this image, how it transfered and "burnt". very lovely.
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