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, with its common hexagonal pattern and endless variety of structural details. The pieced snowflakes in this quilt are my attempt to translate into fabric a few of the over 6000 photomicrographs made by W. A. Bentley of Jericho, Vermont in the late 1800’s and published by the American Meteorological Society in 1931.

MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES

Cottons, silk

Machine pieced, hand quilted