Patched Pot

This fragile pot is from the Patched Pot series of bowls made from layers of paper overlaid with handwoven linen. This process creates a checkerboard appearance that Kay Sekimachi enhances with colors. She began to make these small-scale pots and boxes at the end of the 1970s when she felt that she needed a break from her time-consuming work on the loom. To achieve the shapes of her pots, the artist often borrows bowls made by her husband, wood artist Bob Stocksdale, and weaves around them.

Credit: Gift of Diane and Sandy Besser