Kay Sekimachi is an American fiber artist, born in 1926, known for intricate multi-layered woven forms, including a series of transparent hanging sculptures woven from monofilament in the 1960s. Trained at the California College of Arts and Crafts, she has spent decades expanding the technical vocabulary of woven fiber sculpture, moving between loom-based weaving and other fiber and paper-based techniques over the course of her career.
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Claire Zeisler, Artists Leading figures of the same 1960s-70s American fiber art movement, frequently grouped together in survey exhibitions and literature of the movement.
Lenore Tawney, Artists Leading figures of the same 1960s-70s American fiber art movement, frequently grouped together in survey exhibitions and literature of the movement.
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After the signing of Executive Order 9066, Sekimachi was interned with her family at Tanforan Assembly Center and then the Topaz War Relocation Center from 1942 to 1944.
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is an American fiber artist and weaver
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Kay Sekimachi (born September 30, 1926) is an American fiber artist and weaver, best known for her three-dimensional woven monofilament hangings as well as her intricate baskets and bowls.
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