

Here's the brief background: I came across Mindy's work earlier this year and was absolutely enchanted. She's created such a beautifully charming world full of equally charming songs. I knew I had to work with her somehow. I had to be a part of it. I ended up meeting her at a show at Velour and the very next day I was in her studio discussing how to make this happen. A few months later, last week to be exact, I found myself plopped on my bum on my driveway painting sets for her brand new album, Pocketful of Poetry.

Logistically, the stage curtain had to be 30'x10' made up of 3 10x10' curtains that could be strung together depending on the size of the venue. I don't think I quite understood how big that really was. To put it into persepective, 30 feet is about the height of a 3 story building. YIKES! I'll get more into the how-to tomorrow, but for now, here are a few concept sketches that I showed her that determined the path to the final design.


Tomorrow I'll talk more about the actual design and process of creating the sets. Stay tuned! But in the mean time, go download her album. My favorites are Honey and Oh No.