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Amabile Co.’s sustainable products create awareness and funds for water conservation efforts.
Amabile Co. Adrian Amabile and his wife Katie have always felt a special connection with water. Katie grew up in a lake house, and Adrian explored the rivers, lakes, and oceans from his home in North Carolina. The two now reside just over the North Carolina border in the Lake Wylie area with their three children. Adrian studied fine arts at Winthrop University and then worked in the jewelry industry for about 10 years and brainstormed other ways he could create with his talents while benefiting the causes he and Katie were passionate about. It was while walking along the beach on the Outer Banks days after Hurricane Florence in 2018 that the couple found a row of plastic bottle caps and small plastic bits as far as they could see.
sustainable and resuable products, Adrian and Katie founded Amabile Co. They create sustainable products that create awareness, funds, and connections for local people to more than 25 organizations focused on cleaning the waters we call home.
Inspired by companies like 4Ocean, who recover millions of pounds of trash from oceans, rivers, and coastlines and introduce
You can find a selection of their bracelets at Visit Lake Norman (19900 W. Catawba Ave., #102), or visit their website at www.amabileco.com for a larger selection. Prices range from $27 to $165.
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Their Osprey collection is a limited release collaboration with Osprey Initiative and the Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation. Each glass bead is handmade from glass that has been pulled directly from our rivers by the Osprey Initiative and their partners. With each bracelet sold, 20 percent goes back into water conservation and protection efforts.
