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A very special thank you to Forrest L. Merrill for making this exhibition possible. See "Kay Sekimachi: Weaving Traditions" on display, post-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1. https://t.co/6dR9pasyoc #KaySekimachiWeaving #KaySekimachi #weaving This tweet was posted on July 08, 2024.

Sekimachi began to weave more abstract wall hangings in the late 1950s, along with large, semi-transparent room dividers for the open floor plan homes popular at the time. #KaySekimachiWeaving #KaySekimachi This tweet was posted on July 08, 2024.

It is your last week to see "Kay Sekimachi: Weaving Traditions!" Fiber artist, Kay Sekimachi, considered a “weaver’s weaver,” has created an oeuvre of decorative, figurative, and abstract textile art and sculpture that is without parallel. #KaySekimachiWeaving #KaySekimachi This tweet was posted on July 08, 2024.

"I use traditional tapestry techniques modified for my own personal needs. Rather than working in rigid color areas and interlocking weft, I try for a more fluid effect by [using] extra weft inserts and overlapping threads.” —Kay Sekimachi, 1959 #KaySekimachiWeaving #KaySekimachi This tweet was posted on July 08, 2024.

A very special thank you to Forrest L. Merrill for making this exhibition possible. See "Kay Sekimachi: Weaving Traditions" on display, post-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 or online at: https://t.co/6dR9pasyoc #KaySekimachiWeaving #KaySekimachi #AAPIHM This tweet was posted on May 15, 2024.

With her preference to focus on one media and technique at a time, Sekimachi then substituted linen for monofilament and created the Marugawa series of card-woven tubes, naming them for a Japanese word that translates to “round river.” #KaySekimachi #AAPIHM This tweet was posted on May 15, 2024.

To weave such long and complex shapes off the loom, Sekimachi employed a six-foot-long, cribbage-like board made by her husband, the master woodturner Bob Stocksdale (1913–2003), that could accommodate up to 400 warp threads and 100 cards. #KaySekimachi #AAPIHM This tweet was posted on May 15, 2024.

Sekimachi created a series of hanging sculptures that she named “River,” stating, “I thought of them as rivers because they were narrow and long and sometimes the warp threads were twisted and sort of hung free, and then they came together again.” #KaySekimachi #AAPIHM This tweet was posted on May 15, 2024.

Building on the success of her loom-woven sculptures, in the 1970s fiber artist Kay Sekimachi adapted nylon monofilament to the centuries-old, off-loom technique of card weaving. #KaySekimachi #AAPIHM This tweet was posted on May 15, 2024.

Due to their complexity, each of Sekimachi's monofilament design was carefully plotted on graph paper prior to weaving. As she developed her first series, Sekimachi’s monofilament sculptures grew progressively larger and more intricate. #KaySekimachi #AAPIHM This tweet was posted on May 01, 2024.

A very special thank you to Forrest L. Merrill for making this exhibition possible. See "Kay Sekimachi: Weaving Traditions" on display, post-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1. https://t.co/6dR9pasyoc #KaySekimachiWeaving #KaySekimachi #AAPIHM This tweet was posted on May 01, 2024.

Fiber artist, Kay Sekimachi is Nisei, a second-generation Japanese American, born in San Francisco’s Japantown in 1926. Sekimachi’s series of monofilament sculptures began in 1963 as an experiment to weave a wall hanging in multiple, translucent layers. #KaySekimachi #AAPIHM This tweet was posted on May 01, 2024.