Featured Maker: Noela Mills

Books made out of teabags and driftwood!

Seek to Make is an exploration of creativity and making. Each month, I share a monthly theme around making, showcase inspiring makers, share tips, tools and encouragement. Together let's get curious and immerse ourselves in the art of making!

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OCTOBER: NOTEBOOKS

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Hello makers,

Our last featured maker for the month of notebook making is Noela Mills, a mixed media artist from Australia. She has made a series of beautiful books from almost anything - teabags, rag paper, kimono silks, driftwood, and denim pockets just to name a few of her materials! Check out some of her stunning work at wabisabiart.blogspot.com.

I love how she really experiments with materials and is not afraid to go outside the box with her ideas. She shows how any materials can become an artful book. Now that is stretching those creative muscles!

Enjoy.

Recycled kimono silks, waxed and stitched.

Jeans pockets with driftwood spine.

Teabags, matt board and linen thread.

Mixed media on recycled book pages on rag paper.

Concertina book on rag paper.

Photographic prints on calico.

Hand stitching, batik, discharge dyeing, burning.

Concertina book.

Canvas book with driftwood spine.

Kimono scraps book with driftwood spine.

Driftwood spine detail.