Phillip Fike

Phillip George Fike (1927–1997) was an American metalsmith and jeweler. He is known for his work in the decorative metal technique of niello as well as reintroducing the fibula brooch to contemporary metalsmiths.

Fike was born in 1927 in Baraboo, Wisconsin. He attended University of Wisconsin under the G.I. Bill. Fike taught art at Wayne University in 1953 and continued teaching there for 45 years.

Fike was a founding member of the Society of North American Goldsmiths. In 1983 he was named a Master Metalsmith by the Metal Museum in Memphis. In 1988 he was named a fellow of the American Craft Council.

Fike died in Grosse Pointe on December 8, 1997.

His work is in the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Metal Museum, the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum.