Peter and the Starcatcher
Peter and the Starcatcher is a new show coming to Broadway in March. It’s about the story of Peter Pan before he became Peter Pan, aimed at an older crowd, and based on creativity and imagination, with the entire set crafted from recycled items or pieces that represent many different items.
Theatrical ad agency Serino Coyne designed the logo and hired John W. Long to craft it out of old weathered wood. John was given the direction that it was for a Peter Pan story with a funky kind of twist. He took his own artistic liberties then shipped the result to New York for photographing.
It’s this video of John at work that particularly caught my eye (embedded below and linked here).
The New York Times picked-up on the story and published this interview with John.
“Q/ So how does a woodwork artist in Vermont get work on a Broadway show?
“A/ A few of the artists at Serino Coyne got together to come up with an image for “Peter and the Starcatcher.” But they wanted more texture, something like weathered wood. So they Googled something along the lines of “old weathered wood” and they found me. They got onto my Web site and saw my work, which is strictly weathered wood. They gave me a call and asked me if I’d do it.”
Lovely work.
Official show website: Peter and the Starcatcher
9 appreciated comments, click here to add one
Mark
That is inspiring. I wonder how much he worked on his own house?
Feb 16th, 2012
Paul
This is wonderful.
When did the color get added to the wood? And was it done in Photoshop? Or actually stained/painted onto the original?
Feb 16th, 2012
Elizabeth
His work is beautiful. I checked out his website too… beautiful stuff.
Also, this video is amazing! It looks like it was shot for PBS.
Feb 16th, 2012
Kevin Burr
This has so much character. Absolutely love it! I can’t imagine how long it must have taken.
Feb 17th, 2012
Lee Newham
Real craft and real skill. I prefer the original version without the coloured lettering, but whatever, it’s beautiful.
Feb 17th, 2012
Nathan Herbertson
I think this is amazing. It really does make me think of Peter Pan before he was Peter Pan…
Great video.
Feb 18th, 2012
Jamie Davis
I love this. Very inspiring and makes me want to get proper hands on.
Sometimes we rely to much on computers to produce the final design. Well, at least I do. It’s good to step away once in a while and try something a bit more hands on. That’s what I took away from that video.
Great post David, thanks for sharing.
Feb 19th, 2012
Miami
This is logo design art in it’s truest form… hand-crafted with personal elements.
Feb 22nd, 2012
Ross Edghill
Love the finished look and feel of how this typographic poster design turned out… the content in the video is truly inspiring!
Mar 2nd, 2012
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