Mary Walker Phillips
Mary Walker Phillips | |
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| Born | November 23, 1923 Fresno, California, U.S. |
| Died | November 3, 2007 (aged 83) Fresno, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Cranbrook Academy of Art |
| Occupation(s) | Textile artist, knitter, author, educator |
| Known for | Revolutionizing knitting in the 1960s |
Mary Walker Phillips (November 23, 1923 – November 3, 2007), was an American textile artist, author and educator. She revolutionized the craft of hand knitting by exploring knitting as an independent art form. Her hand-knit tapestries and other creative pieces are exhibited in museums in the U.S. and Europe. She was honored as a fellow by the American Craft Council (ACC) in 1978.
Phillips is regarded as one of the most important knitters of the 20th century, as well as an important personality in the fiber arts movement and the advancement of the American studio craft. In the catalog to her 1984 Fresno Arts Center exhibition, Jack Lenor Larsen described Phillips as the "transition between the old-fashioned, pattern-book knitting and the extraordinary things going on in England and America today."