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<\/p>\nLooking for a zen-like, meditative haven? How about an intense and heady tour of some of the most riveting and revolutionary sculpture ever created? I found both experiences at the Isamu Noguchi Museum in Queens, NY.\u00a0 You will, too.<\/p>\n
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Isamu Noguchi (1904\u20131988) was one of the twentieth century\u2019s most important and critically acclaimed sculptors.<\/p>\n
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In my art-making, I am constantly<\/em> struggling with opposites:<\/p>\n My sewing room, aka my studio, reflects the dualities. I have two sets of projects calling to me:<\/p>\n Baby banners, pillows, and Skinny quilts\/table runners for gifting and patterning for my recently launched EllyLdesign line on Craftsy and Etsy (another dichotomy, as I haven’t committed to just one quite yet).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Psst–You can check out my Craftsy Shop<\/a> or my Etsy Shop.\u00a0<\/a> I’m proud to say that the instructions are 100% reliable and user-friendly and full of how-to photos –just like my books. Let me know, in the comment box below, what you think!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n OK, the commercial message is over, so let me switch over to the other side of my brain. That is focused on the constantly evolving arrangements on my design wall.\u00a0 Here are a few of the iterations. Once again, I welcome your comments: Which one appeals most? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6?<\/p>\n 1<\/p><\/div>\n 2<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n 4<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n 5<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n 6<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n I definitely dig Noguchi’s aesthetic. He was lucky to have good critics and great supporters — he hung out with Arshile Gorky, Willem de Kooning, and a lot of other abstract expressionists. He found ways to nourish and bridge the different aspects of his identity and to address many different interests, putting the tensions of opposing forces to work in his favor.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n Me, I often feel like Dr. DooLittle’s pushmi-pullyu, that crazy, two-headed unicorn gazelle, trying to go in two opposing directions. Still, I’ll get there, wherever there<\/em> is, somehow, sometime! <\/span>Thank YOU for the criticism and the support. Heck, thanks for reading this! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Looking for a zen-like, meditative haven? How about an intense and heady tour of some of the most riveting and revolutionary sculpture ever created? I found both experiences at the Isamu Noguchi Museum in Queens, NY.\u00a0 You will, too. Isamu Noguchi (1904\u20131988) was one of the twentieth century\u2019s most important and critically acclaimed sculptors. I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,22,21,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-quilt","category-exhibitions","category-gift-making","category-personally-speaking"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Ej5z-lc","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1314"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1350,"href":"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314\/revisions\/1350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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