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“Michael’s pattern looks to me like a group of easy-going people. Michael uses strips of perfectly integrated colors in the same way that my mom uses squares to give her patterns individuality.” —Sierra Ornelas

“Michael set this piece up by himself and took to it easily. He told me, ‘I’m going to do my own pattern on this one,’ and it scared me half to death because I’m kind of controlling. It was hard for me to let go. My own way is to create something that’s appealing to others, but what Michael was saying was, ‘I need to design this pattern for myself and someone will like it.’ The lesson I have to learn is to let my kids go, so they can be artists.” —Barbara Ornelas

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