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Kaleidoscopic XXX: Tree Grate, 53rd and 7th

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Kaleidoscopic XXX: Tree Grate, 53rd and 7th by Paula Nadelstern
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Quilt Summary:

"Kaleidoscopic XXX: Tree Grate, 53rd and 7th" by Paula Nadelstern takes its inspiration from a tree grate she walked on.

Category:
Featured Quilts

Style:
Kaleidoscope Quilts

Owned By:
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Name of Maker:
Paula Nadelstern

Name of Quilter:
Paula Nadelstern

Year Made:
2004

Awards:

Design Source:
Original Design inspired by a tree grate on 53rd Street across from 7th Avenue in New York City, NY

Quilt Width:
58.5

Quilt Height:
51.5

Techniques:
  • - Silk
  • - Piecing
  • - Hand Quilting

Show or Museums:
Visions Museum of Textile Art - San Diego, CA

Description:

Artist Statement: "A tree grate integrates trees into the cityscape, suppressing weeds while allowing pedestrian traffic over the tree planting area. I’m a born and bred New Yorker. How many times had I passed these urban accessories before the day I looked down and instantly recognized the shape of my next quilt? I aimed for an unsettling conceptual shift, taking a symmetrical object that New Yorkers usually ignore and always assume will be solid, and pulling the ground out from under it."

 

Materials and Techniques: Cottons, Silks ; Machine Pieced, Hand Quilted