Hankies, anyone?

Sophie Herxheimer is a fervent champion of the handkerchief's return to the pocket or sleeve of every citizen, so in her role as artist-in-residence at London Printworks Trust she is asking for submissions of handkerchief designs. The one shown is one of hers - a poem made from letters in the word "disaster" (she reveals that this type of poem is called oulippo).

Her email said:

You are invited to submit designs for a hankie. Please use this opportunity to play with colour, pattern, line, political beliefs, jokes or possibly ideas about life and meaning! A little space to speak from, a miniature town square! All entries will be shown. If you can create a cloth hankie, great, if not ideas on paper or online are also welcome. If we can print from your artwork we will. Please stick to a a square shape for your design, details are on the attached document. Please spread the word. There will be prizes for especially interesting or wonderful handkerchiefs, we will also be making limited edition runs to raise money for printworks, we will discuss how this works, but basically each artist will retain their own copyright, and will have an edition of their design for their own use or profit. Submit several/a series if you feel inspired.  I'd recommend limiting colours to two if you want us to screen print your design... but you're welcome to make a one off with embroidery, dye, fabric pens, etc.

Deadline is end of October - contact Sophie (via her website) for more details.