https://jeanoberlander.cargo.site Jean Oberlander Mon, 28 Jul 2025 10:51:55 +0000 https://jeanoberlander.cargo.site en https://jeanoberlander.cargo.site/Slideshow Thu, 31 Aug 2017 12:50:39 +0000 Jean Oberlander https://jeanoberlander.cargo.site/Slideshow https://jeanoberlander.cargo.site/About Thu, 31 Aug 2017 12:49:47 +0000 Jean Oberlander https://jeanoberlander.cargo.site/About <img width="1680" height="1365" width_o="1680" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b1c787cc86fdb73466cf9f2c75f3d660a7b2ea89463865f6c7777a22a0f650ff/lmao.png" data-mid="3221788" border="0" data-scale="34" data-align="right" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b1c787cc86fdb73466cf9f2c75f3d660a7b2ea89463865f6c7777a22a0f650ff/lmao.png" /> Jean OberlanderArtist / Educator / Writer Originally from North Berwick, Scotland, she graduated from Gray’s School of Art and then went on to complete an MA in Textiles from the Royal College of Art in 2019. Her work finds the intersection between memory, love and softness. She finds joy in combining the written word, drawing, research and making as a repeating cyclical process that uses and hacks knitting and sewing techniques by hand and machine. Recalling memories into mark-making, then translated onto and into paper, knit and fabric, then digitised and returned back to paper in a spiral of storytelling. Stitches, loops and fabric become part of a map, an archive for the memories that are real and unreal. She has been invited to conferences, such as the In The Loop 10 Knitting Conference, and spoken at Peckham Craft Show about knitting and making alongside Ruby Smith, who she works alongside with to create a research blog and podcast called Soft Thoughts that looks into our relationships with textiles. She was more recently awarded a scholarship to attend the Penland School of Craft Textiles Residency in January 2023. Jean has volunteered in her local communities as a Guide Leader with Girlguiding since 2011, committing time to help girls flourish and find their passions in life by passing on her knowledge in participatory arts and crafts and youth engagement. She currently volunteers with a unit she started in 2018 in South London and received a Jack Petchey Leader award for her commitment to Guiding in the community in 2021. She was selected to attend as a delegate of Girlguiding UK to the Juliette Low Seminar 2022 and through that has been supported to develop and manage a 100 Girls Project, Make, Do, Lead, to inspire creative and critical thinking mindsets in girls and young women, which reached 216 girls in London throughout 2023. She was also selected to join the GOLD (Guiding Overseas Linked with Development) Madagascar project in Summer 2023. At the moment, she is the Young Leader Coordinator for London South West, engaging young external volunteers and helping retain girls in Girlguiding. Find her elsewhere:&nbsp; Make, Do, Lead Linkedin Blog Email: jean.oberlander@gmail.com <img width="2048" height="3091" width_o="2048" height_o="3091" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/439c89c738fffc096efd2cc2a8371454db3cbf4bccb766043d3422052e77524c/39130012.JPG" data-mid="45495929" border="0" data-scale="29" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/439c89c738fffc096efd2cc2a8371454db3cbf4bccb766043d3422052e77524c/39130012.JPG" /> https://jeanoberlander.cargo.site/CV Thu, 31 Aug 2017 12:49:48 +0000 Jean Oberlander https://jeanoberlander.cargo.site/CV Writing Softness: A Meditation on Knitting Common Threads Press 2025 Is a quilt a drawing? AYFP Issue 2 2024 AYFP covered by It’s Nice That&nbsp; What is softness, but a well worn jumper: unravelling the cross-oversof love, memory and tactility in knitting, In the Loop at 10, Winchester School of Art 19-20 July 2018 Nostalgia and the knit stitch: looking at the past in contemporary culture in the context of knitting&nbsp;BA Dissertation, Gray’s School of Art 2017Residencies Fellowship at Winter Residency, Penland School of Craft, North Carolina 2023Exhibitions Piecing, Garage Gallery, London 2025Winter Residency Showcase, Penland School of Craft, North Carolina 2023Satellite: VSA at Summerhall, Summerhall, Edinburgh 2018 Seams, Textiles Group Show, Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, London 2018OPEN 2018, Graduate Showcase (Visual Arts Scotland), Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh 2018MAKE, MA Textiles Work in Progress Show, Royal College of Art, London 2018New Designers, Business Design Centre 2017Graduate Degree Show, Gray's School of Art 2017Soft / Not / Soft, Living room exhibition with collaborator Kirsty Munro 2017Interim Design Show, Gray's School of Art 2017Make it Personal Exhibition, Aberdeen Business School 2015No Presha, contributed with collective Not Bad Not Good, Ruthrieston Community Centre 2015 Awards Be Her Lead Grant 2021Jack Petchey Leader Award 2021Distinction in Masters Dissertation 2018Commended in the Undergraduate Awards 2018Dewar Arts Award 2018Dewar Arts Award 2017Selected for Visual Arts Scotland Graduate Showcase 2017Alexandrina McKenzie Legacy Award for Meritorious Work 2017BP Graduate Design Award – Highly Commended 2017Shortlisted for Scotland Judging Heat for the Society of Dyer and Colourists Competition 2016Talks Soft Thoughts: Unravelling Connections, Peckham Craft Show May 2019 Education and Qualifications Level 3 CACHE Early Years Educator 2021-2023 MA in Textiles (Knit) 2017 - 2019 Royal College of Art, London BA (Hons) First Class Honours Degree in Fashion and Textile Design 2013 - 2017 Gray’s School of Art, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen https://jeanoberlander.cargo.site/Projects Thu, 31 Aug 2017 12:50:40 +0000 Jean Oberlander https://jeanoberlander.cargo.site/Projects Work Girlguiding, 72 new interest badges 2025&nbsp;<img width="4000" height="2668" width_o="4000" height_o="2668" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2fbbb3fb431e4283ad620ffe085b77a4f817ce3af8dba0761194cdafd2ca5027/a-selection-from-the-72-new-girlguiding-interest-badges-3.jpg" data-mid="236330031" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2fbbb3fb431e4283ad620ffe085b77a4f817ce3af8dba0761194cdafd2ca5027/a-selection-from-the-72-new-girlguiding-interest-badges-3.jpg" /> Softness: A Meditation on Knitting 2025 <img width="4500" height="5625" width_o="4500" height_o="5625" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/92f0e334d2410503702b4ad96e4e3e3740246dcc08dc1737e031ca640c6a37ac/Cover-Mock-Up.jpg" data-mid="229040033" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/92f0e334d2410503702b4ad96e4e3e3740246dcc08dc1737e031ca640c6a37ac/Cover-Mock-Up.jpg" /> penland residency 2023 <img width="1440" height="1440" width_o="1440" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/366c2c4b7ad9be1d70f8bab8e18afaaa8505e927ff15dc1b4645a0a664b67e5f/B90D2BE6-1EEE-4253-85E4-C7922F578E68.JPG" data-mid="207577399" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/366c2c4b7ad9be1d70f8bab8e18afaaa8505e927ff15dc1b4645a0a664b67e5f/B90D2BE6-1EEE-4253-85E4-C7922F578E68.JPG" /> art teaching 2020-2023 <img width="2000" height="2839" width_o="2000" height_o="2839" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/556b4001ea19def5b906b93a0160472ca29ad2f4c2c044b5206eb7210ca7731d/6.png" data-mid="163508213" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/556b4001ea19def5b906b93a0160472ca29ad2f4c2c044b5206eb7210ca7731d/6.png" /> unravelling/seams2018, 2022 <img width="8534" height="6400" width_o="8534" height_o="6400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d42dcf9c401ce092eb8357e4caaa81160b463f34261c277c4e841c31394adbe6/Jean-Oberlander-6.jpg" data-mid="11623812" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d42dcf9c401ce092eb8357e4caaa81160b463f34261c277c4e841c31394adbe6/Jean-Oberlander-6.jpg" /> the machine gives back the hand 2019 <img width="1250" height="1688" width_o="1250" height_o="1688" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6256a13613285d45f52760882b294d1d047c2e478a7a8fc58a98d9ee3757591f/4-Jean-Oberlander-Knit.png" data-mid="45499113" border="0" data-scale="99" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6256a13613285d45f52760882b294d1d047c2e478a7a8fc58a98d9ee3757591f/4-Jean-Oberlander-Knit.png" /> journeys on the 522018 <img width="1238" height="876" width_o="1238" height_o="876" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8bf73e9f5eed9c4998c7f8c5a4f5b56d2da294cc9c9c4653d7aa87242be54817/hehe.png" data-mid="7011248" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8bf73e9f5eed9c4998c7f8c5a4f5b56d2da294cc9c9c4653d7aa87242be54817/hehe.png" /> wirewiggle 2016 <img width="2348" height="3145" width_o="2348" height_o="3145" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/360989369c4d4ebca2f0cf9ada30773924858fe053a6cc473bbd57005f65e8ec/hmmmm1.png" data-mid="3217629" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/360989369c4d4ebca2f0cf9ada30773924858fe053a6cc473bbd57005f65e8ec/hmmmm1.png" /> hand/machine2017 <img width="4960" height="3507" width_o="4960" height_o="3507" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/64b3734691b5b7dc70ed3fb69c3cc2077ff2be610081cafdcf864d82ff5e0529/0394_008.jpg" data-mid="3217454" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/64b3734691b5b7dc70ed3fb69c3cc2077ff2be610081cafdcf864d82ff5e0529/0394_008.jpg" /> glitch knit 2015 <img width="1228" height="1818" width_o="1228" height_o="1818" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bd38721cca8461eef05679e3449c2b0ca8a4959359a3dabc195c117479c7f439/CNV00018.JPG" data-mid="3218054" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bd38721cca8461eef05679e3449c2b0ca8a4959359a3dabc195c117479c7f439/CNV00018.JPG" /> https://jeanoberlander.cargo.site/1-4 Mon, 28 Jul 2025 10:51:48 +0000 Jean Oberlander https://jeanoberlander.cargo.site/1-4 Girlguiding - 72 new interest badgesAs part of the programme and girl voice team, I contributed to the launch of 72 new interest badges. From ideation, collaboration, through to writing, re-writing, proofing, copyediting, testing and more. Planned and ran testing with over 11,000 girls and 10,000 volunteers.Favourites to write: codebreaking, entomology, laughter, artist, crafts and stitcher. Find out more here https://jeanoberlander.cargo.site/2-4 Mon, 28 Jul 2025 10:51:55 +0000 Jean Oberlander https://jeanoberlander.cargo.site/2-4 Here are just a few highlights of press: BBC Gardeners' World BBC Newsround BBC online ITV News The Standard The Times https://jeanoberlander.cargo.site/1-3 Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:31:55 +0000 Jean Oberlander https://jeanoberlander.cargo.site/1-3 Softness: A Meditation on Knitting Unravelling 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 theory, Softness tugs at the loose threads of this corner of craft history. This is an ode to the disrepaired, a plea to stem the tide of unloved, mass-produced clothing by rethinking the power of soft things. Thread-sewn with illustrations interleaved throughout the text, printed in spot colour across three beautiful paper stocks. https://jeanoberlander.cargo.site/2-3 Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:32:00 +0000 Jean Oberlander https://jeanoberlander.cargo.site/2-3 Edited by Eleanor Gaffney, Laura Moseley,and Chris Shortt Illustrations by Rosie Wainwright Design by Emma Crabtree Production by Chris Shortt ISBN: 978-1-06862-504-6 190x110mm 32pp https://jeanoberlander.cargo.site/1-2 Mon, 25 Mar 2024 19:54:29 +0000 Jean Oberlander https://jeanoberlander.cargo.site/1-2 residency at penland school of craft, north carolina january 2023 https://jeanoberlander.cargo.site/2-2 Mon, 25 Mar 2024 19:54:53 +0000 Jean Oberlander https://jeanoberlander.cargo.site/2-2 I was privileged to be given a full scholarship to attend the Winter residency at Penland - using the studio space for two weeks to work on new projects.&nbsp; I focused on research and creation of a series of works using found scrap material - turning drawings into quilts and back again. Quilt drawings.For sale on my shop :-)