Softness - Jean Oberlander illustration These collages are a daily

These collages are a daily exercise for Assmann

and winds through the nameless Paris streets of Patrick Modiano’s novels

and society

for there is beauty in uncertainty

and try to overcome the ghosts of their past

Softness - Jean Oberlander illustration These collages are a dailyUnravelling 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