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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/DFAn9I1PQB #KaySekimachiWeaving #KaySekimachi #weaving This tweet was posted on January 09, 2024.

Fiber artist Kay Sekimachi studied silk screen printing and watercolor painting at California College of Arts and Crafts (CCAC). When she found students in the CCAC weaving room in 1949, Sekimachi used her remaining savings to purchase a four-harness loom. #KaySekimachiWeaving This tweet was posted on January 09, 2024.

No longer able to afford CCAC, Sekimachi took free weaving classes at McKinley Adult School in Berkeley, assisted with workshops at Ahrens Weaving Studio, and joined the Contemporary Handweavers and the Loom and Shuttle Guild. #KaySekimachiWeaving This tweet was posted on January 09, 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/DFAn9I1PQB #KaySekimachiWeaving #KaySekimachi #weaving This tweet was posted on November 15, 2023.

Fiber artist Kay Sekimachi is Nisei, a second-generation Japanese American, born in San Francisco’s Japantown in 1926. Sekimachi along with her two sisters spoke Japanese and practiced calligraphy and origami in their Berkeley home. #KaySekimachiWeaving This tweet was posted on November 15, 2023.

Years later, after Sekimachi started weaving, her mother revealed that she and her grandmother had spun, dyed, and woven the silk for their obi. They often reminded Sekimachi that, "to be a good weaver, you have to feel like a thread." #KaySekimachiWeaving This tweet was posted on November 15, 2023.