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94k LEAF BOWL, 2011, Kay Sekimachi, skeleton of big leaf maple, 8" x 5" x 5", 2011, $1,000 |
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91k FB 1008, Kay Sekimachi, natural and unspun flax, acrylic paint, matte medium
4.5" x 8" x 8", 2008, $2,000
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Selected permanent collections and exhibition venues:
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York (Wall Hangings); American Craft Museum, New York, New York (Marriage in Form – two-person, traveling exhibition); Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C; Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; Erie Art Museum, Pennsylvania (The Tactile Vessel – traveling exhibition); Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota (Intimate and Intense: Small Fiber Structures); National Museums of Modern Art, Kyoto and Japan; Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York; Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France; Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland; Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin (Fiber R/Evolution).
Recipient: Gold Medal, American Craft Council; Fellow, American Craft Council; Honor Award, Women’s Caucus for Art, Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts. |
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92k FB 1108, Kay Sekimachi, grey unspun flax, acrylic paint, gel medium, matte medium
4.5" x 8" x 8", 2008, $2,000 |
Statement:
I remember my teacher, Trude Guermon-prez saying, “try to make something with the simplest of means." I find trying to create something with limited means very challenging.
I wove my first series of boxes in 1974 – the Nesting Boxes. They were complex, involving 10 harnesses and doubleweave pick-up. They were designed to come off the loom, ironed and folded to make a square three-dimensional box with a lid with very little sewing.
The Takarabako series came in the early nineties. The Takarabakos are woven on eight harnesses in a tubular weave. They are ironed and folded into the box form. The twill weave at the top almost goes into the soft fold most naturally.
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To purchase the artwork of Kay Sekimachi
or to obtain information about other available works, contact:
Tom Grotta
browngrotta arts
or telephone
tel: 203-834-0623 or fax: 203-762-5981
www.browngrotta.com
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