Blue Jay

With an eye for the odd, Amber Solberg is an illustrator, artist, craftsperson & instructor. Hailing from the prairies, she headed east to the ocean and now splits her time between Alberta and Nova Scotia.

Since receiving a Visual Arts Diploma from Red Deer College (AB) and an Interdisciplinary BFA from NSCAD University (NS), she’s evolved her practice to revolve around nature, conscious creation and storytelling. That, and that humour is her jam (although not what she’d want on toast).

With watercolours, ink, and embroidery thread, she makes work that spans from the technical to the expressive, all with an underlying creativity. Whether it’s in the process of creation or the result of what’s produced, a lot of contemporary artistic practice creates waste. In an effort to be more thoughtful of my impact to others and to the environment around me, this shop lists efforts to DO GOOD: be it through fundraising for animals, tree-planting, waste reduction and reuse or otherwise.