Abigail Brown’s Textile Birds

August 24, 2011

Abigail Brown is a London-based textile artist who will be showing work at the contemporary craft fair Origin during the London Design Festival. She makes textile birds, which are hand sewn from fabrics that Brown collects and are incredibly life-like. She learned sewing from her grandmother who was a seamstress.  

Abigail Brown is a London-based textile artist who will be showing work at the contemporary craft fair Origin during the London Design Festival. She makes textile birds, which are hand sewn from fabrics that Brown collects and are incredibly life-like. She learned sewing from her grandmother who was a seamstress.

 

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