Amy Brill has been designing since she was a little girl. After college, Brill worked as an actor for some time. Besides working as a puppeteer and a circus clown, she also designed for Angelheart, a clothing company, and designed her own soft sculptures and puppets.
During this time, Brill met Walt Amey, also a performer, and the two married. She and Amey founded Amy Brill Handmade Sweaters and have been selling her designs to small specialty stores since then. Amey is in charge of the sales and marketing and Brill designs and produces the sweaters.
Today, Amy Brill Handmade Sweaters still operates out of Brill and Amey's home in Jacksonville, New York. The company remains small, relying on about eight independent contractors for production, occasional interns, and small knitting factories and yarn mills to create its products. A relatively new line, Amy Amey has been added and consists of clothing made out of gauze.
Amy Brill is a graduate of Cornell University.
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