Cassandra Wilson
Day 30
#96 – Cassandra Wilson (b.1955). American jazz vocalist, songwriter, and producer. Albums include: Blue Light ’Til Dawn (1993), Traveling Miles (1999) and Glamoured (2003).
Little time today. I liked the mixture of styles that crept into the music so wanted to try and express this. Listening to the music and looking at various photographs, I found this background image which I thought was appropriate. I liked this quote and used that as the starting point.
1 hour
One aspect of the project was to explore different typefaces. I looked at this crazy typeface at one stage, which had real character and energy but I could not get it to work – but would have made for a far more interesting poster.
Listen...
to excerpts from ‘Blue Light ‘Til Dawn’.