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    This reel reached you, but you probably don't foll This reel reached you, but you probably don't follow me yet because it's a trial reel. So hi, I'm Milla.

I'm a fiber artist based near Amsterdam. This is my studio, my rope and the work that comes out of it: large hand-knotted wall hangings for hotels, collectors and galleries around the world.

I took macramé, a craft with a slightly dusty image, and gave it a new vibe, a bigger scale and colours that pop, all the way up to immersive indoor and outdoor installations.

Stick around if you want to see how an old craft becomes contemporary art.
    From flight attendant to fiber artist. For 22 year From flight attendant to fiber artist. For 22 years I flew the world as part of @klm. It meant everything to me, and I really thought I would stay until my pension.

My suitcase was my home.
Macramé was my hobby. In hotel rooms, on layovers, wherever I landed.

Then the hobby started asking for more.

✦ Commissioned wall hangings for luxury homes worldwide, together with art advisors and interior designers
✦ The Orb, my first carpet, with moooi Carpets: my signature rope pattern, printed into a carpet
✦ RopeWorks: nothing goes to waste. A collection born during Covid, made from leftover rope from my wall hangings, together with my partner, Novo Art
✦ Statement textile art for 5-star hotels, like Palazzo Thalia in Rome
✦ Finally a bigger art studio with big looms, where I create large-scale textile art and host events
✦ Bomba, my first tufted rug design. I took it into production at my own expense, completely independent
✦ I love creating 3D renders. It’s my way of showing the possibilities of my work
✦ My largest commission yet: an outdoor immersive installation in the desert of the UAE, where I could finally invite visitors into my textile world
✦ Some renders take on a life of their own, like the glass house in the snow that went viral. Others I build for real, like my immersive installation at 3 Days of Design in Copenhagen

From the aisle to the atelier. Same curiosity, same love for the world, just a different way to travel.

I traded a pension for passion.
Best flight I ever took.

I never know where my work lands next.
Next stop: unknown. And honestly? The unexpected is the best part.
    If you’re seeing this, we’re not connected yet 👋🏼 If you’re seeing this, we’re not connected yet 👋🏼 This is a trial reel, so follow along if this speaks to you 🤍
From flight attendant to fiber artist ✈️🧶
I used to fly for work. Now I fly for my art.
🛏️ I used to sleep in hotels. Now my work hangs on their walls.

From rope on my living room floor to walls all around the world.
It’s never too late to change course 🤍

What’s your career change, or the one you’re dreaming of? Tell me below 👇🏼
Fasten your seatbelt 🤍 Follow for more stories from the studio to the walls of the world ✈️
    From flight attendant to fiberartist. I used to fl From flight attendant to fiberartist. I used to fly for work now I fly for my Art🧶 
🛏️I used to sleep in hotels now my work hangs on their walls. from rope on my living room floor, to walls all around the world. Its never too late to change course🤍 ✈️

Id love to hear about your career change or dream👇🏼
    A rug that refuses to stay quiet. Magenta, hot pi A rug that refuses to stay quiet.

Magenta, hot pink, purple, coral, orange, mustard and turquoise, all in one soft organic shape. Every colour ring is 3D-carved in pure New Zealand wool, so the light moves across it all day. Lay it on the floor and a white room comes alive. Hang it on the wall and it's art that also quiets the echo.

Before you choose a size: the Small (140 × 200 cm) works next to a bed or as a wall piece, the Large (200 × 287 cm) needs a big floor or a big wall to breathe.

Limited to 10 pieces per size, made to order in about 6 weeks. Not sure about the colours? The 40 × 40 cm sample lets you see them in your own light first. shop.millanovo.com
    Three Angostas, finished and hanging in my studio. Three Angostas, finished and hanging in my studio. When they're gone, they're gone.

Every Angosta starts with rope left over from my big commissions. Those rope batches come in minimum quantities and never come back in the same shade, so the palette of each piece only exists once. Brown & Pink, Brown & Gold, Bronze & Burgundy: three walls' worth of colour that nobody else will ever have.

If you're furnishing a hallway, stairwell or narrow wall, the 100 to 120 cm widths are made for exactly that. Tall, slim, and they pull the eye all the way up.

All three are ready to ship from shop.millanovo.com, or come see them in the studio near Amsterdam.
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