Anja Nov Designs

Anja Nov Designs Illustrator

PHALAENOPSIS AMABLISThe orchid symbolizes resilience, love, and elegance. Growing in strange places and requiring specia...
08/11/2025

PHALAENOPSIS AMABLIS

The orchid symbolizes resilience, love, and elegance. Growing in strange places and requiring special care, these graceful flowers can grow and bloom for months and months, representing long-lasting love. The yellow orchid is given as a gift to celebrate new beginnings.

HEAD ON AT STAKE (2024), acrylic gouache on MDF (original CNC-cut design), 14 x 30 inches.The origins of lettuce reach b...
10/18/2024

HEAD ON AT STAKE (2024), acrylic gouache on MDF (original CNC-cut design), 14 x 30 inches.

The origins of lettuce reach back at least 5,000 years to the time of the Ancient Egyptians. For them, lettuce was a medicine and sedative, its leaves too bitter to eat. Its elongated form and milky sap meant it quickly became associated with Set, the fertility god. Lettuce was viewed as an aphrodisiac and symbol of male virility. Yet, as it was domesticated by the Romans, the plant lost this connotation and became the complete opposite: an anaphrodisiac, used to “cool” men down if they became too sexually aroused. This historical conundrum questions the obsession with male sexual performance and the absurdity of placing performance over our human right—pleasure. 

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I'm so excited to finally present this huckleberry design I created for and Latimer Park! The image was water-jet cut i...
08/23/2024

I'm so excited to finally present this huckleberry design I created for and Latimer Park! The image was water-jet cut into metal, spray-coated in paint, and installed as a sliding door for Latimer's public facilities. Come see it the next time you're in Surrey!

✨The Huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium), has never been successfullydomesticated. It's tartly sweet, antioxidant-packed berries are perfect for the human diet, but are not easily replanted because of the sensitivity of its root system. So,when we encounter the huckleberry in its natural environment, we can be sure it'sgrowing where it's meant to. Looking at its cup-like flowers or crimson fruits, we canlet it remind us that embracing our sensitivities means maintaining our liberation;resisting places that don't nurture us means thriving in places that do.✨

Blue mussels (Mytilus edulis), Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas), succulent seaweed (Sarcodiotheca gaudichaudii) and b...
07/13/2024

Blue mussels (Mytilus edulis), Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas), succulent seaweed (Sarcodiotheca gaudichaudii) and bull kelp (Nereocystis sp.).

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Getting very excited for this project with ! This panel, which pictures the huckleberry plant, will be installed in Lat...
06/05/2024

Getting very excited for this project with ! This panel, which pictures the huckleberry plant, will be installed in Latimer Park very soon 🌿🫐

Exciting public art project coming soon!The Huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium), has never been successfullydomesticated...
04/12/2024

Exciting public art project coming soon!

The Huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium), has never been successfullydomesticated. It's tartly sweet, antioxidant-packed berries are perfect for the human diet, but are not easily replanted because of the sensitivity of its root system. So,when we encounter the huckleberry in its natural environment, we can be sure it'sgrowing where it's meant to. Looking at its cup-like flowers or crimson fruits, we canlet it remind us that embracing our sensitivities meansmaintaining our liberation;resisting places that don't nurture us means thriving in places that do.

TRANSFORMING VISIONS was such an honour to be a part of! Thank you for your commitment to supporting Richmond's art sce...
02/25/2024

TRANSFORMING VISIONS was such an honour to be a part of! Thank you for your commitment to supporting Richmond's art scene, and especially emerging artists like myself! It was a pleasure to show work alongside such talented artists ❤️

It's been a while! I was in my little studio in Croatia all summer and fall, drawing and drawing and drawing. Here's a s...
11/16/2022

It's been a while! I was in my little studio in Croatia all summer and fall, drawing and drawing and drawing. Here's a sneak peak at a new piece (one that'll be featured at my solo show in April!).

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It was so much fun to vend with at the New West Craft Fair yesterday at River Market! So many great artists and crafter...
03/20/2022

It was so much fun to vend with at the New West Craft Fair yesterday at River Market! So many great artists and crafters, and such beautiful community vibes in New Westminster! Thank you to everyone who came out to chat, compliment our work, and buy our pieces. I can't wait to do more art fairs in 2022!

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This Saturday from 11-4 me and will be at the New West Craft Market! Come down to River Market on the New Westminster Q...
03/16/2022

This Saturday from 11-4 me and will be at the New West Craft Market! Come down to River Market on the New Westminster Quay and get your Spring prints, clothes, and crafts! See you there 😘

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