A homespun upbringing on a family-operated sheep and dairy farm in New York State’s rolling Hudson Valley set Abigail on the path to pursuing ‘the good life’ right from the get-go. Today she divides her time between Manhattan, an ambitious home restoration project near Siena, Italy, and entrepreneurial adventures in Sofia, Bulgaria. An internationally exhibited fiber and environmental installation artist, Abigail’s eco-textile artwork is featured on Greenmuseum, Art Cloth Text, Landviews, the Textile Arts Center blog, and in the handbook, Green Guide for Artists. She has been a regular contributor on sustainable style and textiles for EcoSalon, Ecouterre, HAND/EYE magazine and her own art and fashion blogs, Ecco*Eco and Lost in Fiber. She is also a curator of exhibitions and events related to ideas about “fashioning self and the environment.” Future dreams of melding art, family, and sustainability include the thrifty recycling of textile scraps from her domestic sphere, teaching family recipes to her twin toddlers, and building a house from scratch in the American Southwest with her very resourceful and dashing husband.
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