fine line forming

Elissa Margolin asked me to design the CD cover for her newest album and band Fine Line Forming. This was great not only because it was a chance to do a different kind of design than what I normally do, but I really admire her music, her amazing lyrics, and her dedication to her art.

She gave me free reign to do whatever I liked and I jumped at the chance to work with hand lettering and whipped out my india ink, pens, and watercolors. This approach seemed like it was appropriate to her music, the title of the album and band, and exercised a part of me that has been banging at the door wanting to be let out. She loved the comps that I showed her and chose the above one for the cover.

 

For the back it was even more hand lettering fun to highlight all the great musicians that she worked with to put this album and band together.

The CD release party for Fine Line Forming is this Saturday, October 8th, at The Press Room. Come on by, it should be a blast!

Above are are few of the other comps that I did for the CD cover, hand lettering is endless amounts of fun, I could have kept going, and whoops I did... on the CD itself.

Knitting. It's still happening, slowly. We did find time to paint our front door blue, the old orange needed an update.

September was filled with little bumps as always. I've finally learned how to mentally prepare myself for it. After the long summer and trying to manage the kids and also find time for my own work it seems like September will be a big relief but there are always hiccups, nothing big but a bit raggedy and emotional and enough to throw us off course a little. By later in the fall we've all managed to settle into a routine. And then there's Rhinebeck to look forward to.  I'll be in a house with 12 other knitters, this will be the most fun year yet.