Acadia Hahlbrock is a native of Ypsilanti, MI. currently residing and creating in a local one room schoolhouse with a purple picket fence.

Since childhood Acadia has enjoyed experimenting with a wide variety of materials, objects, and pigments, leading to a career producing ‘found object’ artwork. Her dabbling in a variety of materials evolved into a passion for millinery starting with her own bridal hair piece. Research into the rich history of millinery, and the historic construction techniques guided her career toward millinery as a base for mixed media. These wearable found-object sculptures have been worn across the US and in more than 33 countries worldwide.

Acadia is also an avid lover of gardening, reading, and the natural world; the influence of which is easily seen in her work. Many of her pieces feature floral or landscape motifs, natural elements, literary themes, and often bookpages themselves.

Acadia shares her creative energy with her daughter, Zinnia, her greatest work of art; and her loving husband Brian who patiently ignores the feathers and flowers that trail out of her studio and sneak into their home.