MS. SEKIMACHI: Everything has its limitations, and certainly fiber does; and certainly techniques, and of course, the loom has many limitations. And all I know is when I started weaving the three dimensional boxes, I would make a little tiny paper sample, because I just wanted to see how the folds would go and whether it would work. And so I made all these paper models, and some I thought would work beautifully in linen and would stand up. Many of them had to be reinforced or had to have armatures, but they did work. And so anyway, those worked, but I know that I have folded other designs that I knew would not work period, so that I wouldn't try them.
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