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

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Christine Porter Hankie works

Title Who will I talk to now?

Year 2010

Artist statement
All I have left are your words ; cold hard broken comfort wrapped up in the tears and red tape of trying to live without you . Who will I talk to now ?

Description 7 objects , various sizes approx 7 x 10 x 5 cm . Found ceramic shards fired with digital image of blue handwriting. Wrapped in various white handkerchief and handkerchief sized fabrics – lawn and muslin. Tied up with various red ribbons and thread.

Media white handkerchief lawn ; various white muslins ; found ceramic shards fired with digitally created decal ; various red ribbons and thread

1 comment:

patricia sahertianMay 17, 2010 at 7:56 AM
i really like all the components you mentioned in your work. the finished product is stark and bold. very nice.
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