Through a Quilted Kaleidoscope

Paula Nadelstern
www.paulanadelstern.com

April 15 – 21, 2007

Medium: Fiber
Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Studio Class  

Paula Nadelstern, the author of Kaleidoscopes & Quilts and Snowflakes & Quilts, has had her award-winning quilts featured internationally in exhibits. One of her quilts was included in the Twentieth Century’s 100 Best American Quilts. Paula is the receipient of Artists’ Fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts in 2001 and 1995, and The Bronx Council on the Arts in 1996. She also designs textile prints for Benartex, Inc.

In this workshop, Paula discusses how the kaleidoscope configuration and its symmetrical repetition allows students to explore a variety of design possibilities using intricately printed fabric. The class covers a unique machine-piecing technique and both color and fabric guidelines for fabricating the complex and mobile reflection of a kaleidoscope.