Sekers Objects was a 2-year National Lottery Heritage Fund funded project that celebrated the enduring legacy of Sekers Fabrics and the important role it played and continues to play for the many families who worked there and the wider community who felt connected to it.

The rich matter of Sekers Fabrics lay scattered within and beyond the region, a collection of loose threads waiting to be woven anew. Our work with communities followed these threads which have led us to attics and sheds, they have made us peer under beds and given us access to treasure troves of memories.

The project culminated in an exhibition in February 2025 which transformed Rosehill theatre into a ‘sample book’ of Sekers Fabric, taking visitors on a journey through the timeline of this pioneer in fabric design and manufacturing. The objects on display in the exhibition are all included in this archive and although some could be considered ordinary, the fact that people have held onto them demonstrate the impact, influence and enduring legacy of Sekers Fabrics on the local community. 

The Sekers Objects book focusses in on a select number of objects and their stories providing the reader with a cultural history of a firm, its families and its fabrics.

We have had so many wonderful conversations with visitors to the exhibition which has unearthed more stories and a more in depth understanding of the role Miki Sekers and Sekers Fabrics played locally, nationally and globally. Whilst we reflect on this project, we are also identifying how we may develop a future project that explores Sekers and his influence on couture fashion. 

Through this project we have brokered the return of Sekers Fabrics Archive which is currently in Dundee to Cumbria (on long term loan) in partnership with Cumbria Archives Service. This is an ongoing process, but we are hopeful it will return to Cumbria in 2025.