Kaleidoscopic XLIV: Continue to Continue   Paula Nadelstern   46.5 x 56.5 inches   2021 ARTIST STATEMENT This is my quarantine quilt. When the world shut down in mid-March 2020, I escaped into a barely begun quilt, [...]

  Kaleidoscopic XLI: The Prague Spanish Synagogue Ceiling   Paula Nadelstern   64 X 79 inches   2018 ARTIST STATEMENT As soon as I looked up at the Prague Spanish Synagogue Ceiling in 2014, I knew I’d found [...]

  Kaleidoscopic XXXV: Service for Eight   Paula Nadelstern   49 x 82 inches   2012 ARTIST STATEMENT Taking over two years to complete, this quilt is an homage to my collection of hand-painted dinnerware from Deruta, Italy, [...]

  Kaleidoscopic XXXIII: Shards   Paula Nadelstern   57 x 64.75 inches   2008 ARTIST STATEMENT In this quilt, the idea of fragments is interpreted literally. The kaleidoscopes are “broken” into pieces and “cemented” back together with irregularly [...]

  Kaleidoscopic XXX: Tree Grate, 53rd and 7th   Paula Nadelstern   58.5 x 51.5 inches   2004 ARTIST STATEMENT A tree grate integrates trees into the cityscape, suppressing weeds while allowing pedestrian traffic over the tree planting [...]

  Kaleidoscopic XXII: Ice Crystals   Paula Nadelstern   41 x 54 inches   2000 ARTIST STATEMENT Every snow crystal that gently floats to earth is equally compelling. Our curiosity is aroused by this pure gem of nature, [...]

  Kaleidoscopic XVIII: Chai   Paula Nadelstern   37 x 37 inches   1998 ARTIST STATEMENT The crucial Hebrew word “Chai” refers to life. Used as a symbol, the word expresses the hope and prayer for life, health [...]

  Kaleidoscopic XVII: Caribbean Blues   Paula Nadelstern   66 x 71 inches   1997 ARTIST STATEMENT Eight months after the broken ankle, the book deadline, the college applications and the record-breaking New York City winter, we fell [...]