Softness - Jean Oberlander sculpture favoring the quieter side of

favoring the quieter side of image making and sourcing from far corners of rural and metropolitan places all over the world

Calla Henkel and Max Pitegoff

sich zu verlieren ihre glasklare Beobachtungsgabe

Dragon Stew)

to wire chairs and silver brooches

Softness - Jean Oberlander sculpture favoring the quieter side ofUnravelling the semantics of the ugly jumper, the ratty cardigan and the squishy mittens. Softness is a poetic reflection on hand knitting and the neglected objects that give us nourishment. A straggly jumper, shrunken in a hot wash. A frayed sleeve, mended with different wool. A garish sweater, coffee stained but decidedly unwashed, sent by a loved one to withstand the cold winters. Punctuated by short key texts from textile studies and feminist