Thursday, July 7, 2011

Gillian Welch's CD cover artwork - overcoming a mistake

This video follows musicians Gillian Welch and David Rawlings and their collaborators as they work to create a distinctive cover for Gillian's record "The Harrow & The Harvest." The entire thing is fascinating, but in particular there is a real-time mistake story that happens starting at 3:20. It's amazing to watch the emotions and reactions of the people involved, how they deal with each other, then decide how to move on. It's emblematic of the handmade process that was involved with the music and the artwork in general.

As Gillian says later in the video, "It's not perfect without the anomalies."

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