Mary Walker Phillips: Knit as Personal Expression.

Mary Walker Phillips.

For years, knitting has been a key technique of producing clothing and accessories. Designing these pieces not only provides creative liberty, but the actual production of these designs is an art form through knitting.

Mary Walker Phillips, a renowned artist, teacher, and author, changed the face of knitting by breaking boundaries of traditional methods of knitting. She did this by implementing different materials such as linen, silk, paper tape, or fine metal wire. She utilized this practice as improvisational art with no rules to allow a free form of art to create personal manifestation. In addition, she was the pioneer of incorporating different materials such as bells, seeds, and mica as embellishments. She exceeded the materials and pattern norms by using lace as inspiration, aiming to communicate ambiance and vision through yarn.

Here at DeNada, knitting is not just about creating an accessory, but it establishes our identity through different materials, colors, and methods. I aim to convey my personality and the atmosphere through my individual pieces. Like other art forms, knitting is an outlet and allows me to portray my personality into tangible collections.