Kaleidoscopic XXXI: The Other Side of the Circle

Paula Nadelstern

63 x 72.5 inches

2006

ARTIST STATEMENT

A kaleidoscope functions like a circle. Structurally it may be a geometric shape but to uncover its artistic soul, you have to think of it as a radial design. When you work in a series, the questions you ask get more complex while the answers get simpler. This time I wondered, how can I use the same structure to make the eye travel in straight lines before it discovers the circles?

MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES

Cottons, silk

Machine pieced, hand quilted