About

Amber Black is a costume/wardrobe designer living in Chicago, Illinois. Amber started her career working in post-production, moving from behind the studio to preferring to build and create with her hands, small scale, miniatures, to large scale. Her work ranges from production to stage and to couture competitions, exhibits and individual commissions. Being open to different art forms inspires Amber to mix mediums together to create new styles and open costuming as works of art and storytelling. Paper Sculpture and Wearable Art are her two primary areas of focus. Amber has been a finalist and mentor in SHIFT: An Experiment in Fashion Design. And she will be working on a number of productions, gallery showings and competitions in 2024.

In her free time, she likes to dig for rare Devo or Sparks vinyl, ride her bicycle and wax though s about life with her artist kid and cat, Bug.

Amber welcomes individual commissions. Estimates are project-based.