» The Making of John Mayer’s ‘Born & Raised’ Artwork Danny Cooke

The Making of John Mayer’s ‘Born & Raised’ Artwork

Several years ago, I created a short profile documentary about UK based David A. Smith; a traditional sign-writer specialising in high quality ornamental hand-crafted reverse glass signs and decorative silvered and gilded mirrors.

David recently produced a wonderful turn-of-the-century, trade-card styled Album Cover for popular American singer/songwriter John Mayer. ‘Born & Raised’ is the fusion of Mayer’s exceptional blues/rock music and Smith’s outstanding designs.

My new film captures the ‘Behind The Scenes’ creation of the ‘Born & Raised’ and ‘Queen of California’ artwork, as well as 2 unique reverse glass panels, hand-crafted in England by David A. Smith.

Also available on YouTube here

A special thanks goes out to John Mayer for the web-chat interview as well as Sony Music & Columbia Records for providing the instrumentals and licensing music from Mayer’s fantastic new album.

This entry was posted on February 27, 2013. It was filed under Blog, Documentaries, Video Production.

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Michal M.

So amazing! I love the artwork and may have to check out John Mayer’s music.
http://www.yorkgraphicdesigners.co.uk/ York Graphic Designers

Wow, awesome
ThePigeonLady

Similar feeling to the artwork of this band a few years ago…
http://twitter.com/chancerubbage chancerubbage

Ogdens Nut Gone Flake may have been the first purposely nostalgic take at this style. Of course, sheet music and Piano Rolls of the early 1900′s as well as other commercial packaging was chock full of it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogdens'_Nut_Gone_Flake
Nazam Shahpar

Mind-blowing stuff!
Ranger

Breathing hard..this is such amazingly skilled craft & art
http://twitter.com/manderoid Martin Ander

Wow! Amazing work!
Marc Flemington

Being in print and signage myself I am in awe of David Smith’s work.
A true professional in every sense of the word and a craftsman of exquisite quality.
Beautifully shot, well documented and a pleasure to watch.
Thank you.
don morris

This is truly one of the most amazing projects I’ve ever had the joy of watching unfold. Thanks so much for sharing it. I am inspired. I got my start in art by a sign writer named Mr. Collier 45 years ago when my twin brother and I were in 5th grade. I felt that old wonder and joy surface as I watched this.
Bruce K

I can’t decide if Dave’s work inspires me to do more with my art or… just throw in the towel! I haven’t seen this kind of dedication since I was young and was hanging around with the Letterheads in my area.