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Inspiration is often hard to pinpoint and difficult to articulate. That is not the case, however, with twelve designs in POLLACK's new textile collection, alphaPOLLACK. The collection name itself highlights our unique and continuing collaboration with The Alpha Workshops, the New York City not-for-profit design studio that trains and employs people living with HIV/AIDS in the decorative arts. For this July 2008 collection, POLLACK commissioned seven pieces of original artwork to serve as inspiration for its fabrics. In a relationship where, according to Mark Pollack "they design the patterns, we design the fabrics", The Alpha Workshops has printed, drawn and painted patterns that cover a range of energetic territory, from a simple lyrical line to layers of pulsing or swirling color. One common element is that each artwork clearly exhibits the spontaneous hand of the artist, and we have intentionally kept this quality in our twelve interpretations. As with our first Alpha Workshops collection in 1999, a portion of the proceeds from the sales of these fabrics goes to benefit Alpha and support its programs. The entire alphaPOLLACK collection comprises a total of 31 patterns in 208 colorways, and includes new Sustainable and Indoor + Outdoor designs, as well as a rich selection of surfaces, weaves and patterns. This extraordinary fabric, based on a piece of artwork from The Alpha Workshops, simply revels in abundance. Its large repeat allows ample space for countless abstract shapes to be drawn, variety that gives STEPPING STONE its striking life and freshness. Richness also applies to the embroidery that densely covers the silk douppioni ground. With a variety of stitches, worked in many different directions, the color range appears to multiply as light and reflection partner in creating the magic of this design.
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Inspiration is often hard to pinpoint and difficult to articulate. That is not the case, however, with twelve designs in POLLACK's new textile collection, alphaPOLLACK. The collection name itself highlights our unique and continuing collaboration with The Alpha Workshops, the New York City not-for-profit design studio that trains and employs people living with HIV/AIDS in the decorative arts. For this July 2008 collection, POLLACK commissioned seven pieces of original artwork to serve as inspiration for its fabrics. In a relationship where, according to Mark Pollack "they design the patterns, we design the fabrics", The Alpha Workshops has printed, drawn and painted patterns that cover a range of energetic territory, from a simple lyrical line to layers of pulsing or swirling color. One common element is that each artwork clearly exhibits the spontaneous hand of the artist, and we have intentionally kept this quality in our twelve interpretations. As with our first Alpha Workshops collection in 1999, a portion of the proceeds from the sales of these fabrics goes to benefit Alpha and support its programs. The entire alphaPOLLACK collection comprises a total of 31 patterns in 208 colorways, and includes new Sustainable and Indoor + Outdoor designs, as well as a rich selection of surfaces, weaves and patterns. This extraordinary fabric, based on a piece of artwork from The Alpha Workshops, simply revels in abundance. Its large repeat allows ample space for countless abstract shapes to be drawn, variety that gives STEPPING STONE its striking life and freshness. Richness also applies to the embroidery that densely covers the silk douppioni ground. With a variety of stitches, worked in many different directions, the color range appears to multiply as light and reflection partner in creating the magic of this design.
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