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Mary Walker Phillips: "Creative Knitting"and the Cranbrook Experience

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Title	Mary Walker Phillips: "Creative Knitting"and the Cranbrook Experience
Author	Lindsay, Jennifer L.
Faculty Advisor(s)	Nasstrom Evans, Heidi
College Affiliation	Corcoran College of Art + Design (Washington, D.C.)
Department or program	History of Decorative Arts
Resource Type	Masters Thesis
Subject	Phillips, Mary Walker Cranbrook Academy of Art Textile industry Textile crafts Fiberwork Knitting Handicraft -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Abstract	Mary Walker Phillip's work, 1940s - 1970s, exemplifies the "search for form" that Eliel Saarinen, Finnish-American architect and first President of the Cranbrook Academy of Art, established as the basis for Cranbrook's progressive, interdisciplinary approach to art education. The nexus between Phillips, knitting, and Cranbrook illustrates Cranbrook's essential role in promoting cross-fertilization between twentieth century industrial design and studio craft. Phillips attended Cranbrook in 1946-1947 and returned in 1960-1963 to obtain her BFA and MFA in weaving and textiles. In the 1960s, Phillip's shift from weaving to knitting and macramé, and from designing prototype textiles for machine production to creating one-of-a-kind works of art, reflected changes in the Weaving Department at Cranbrook under Marianne Strengell and Glen Kaufman and broader trends in the fiber medium, as documented in the thesis with personal interviews, archival resources and analysis of existing scholarship on Cranbrook and the history of American studio craft.
Notes	Submitted in partial fulfillment of the degree of Masters of Arts
Publisher	Corcoran College of Art + Design (Washington, D.C.)
Date	2010
Language	eng
Source	Born digital
Collection	Masters Theses from the Corcoran College of Art + Design
Rights	The Corcoran College of Art + Design has non-exclusive publication rights. Permission is granted to quote from the thesis with the customary acknowledgement of the source. Copyright for each article is retained by the author. Republication in any form requires permission from the author of the thesis.
Type	Text, Image
Format	application/pdf
CONTENTdm file name	105.pdf

Mary Walker Phillips: "Creative Knitting"and the Cranbrook Experience

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