55. Abby Portner

This week Seb and Verity take another virtual transatlantic trip to meet production designer, illustrator, filmmaker and musician, Abby Portner. Amongst the vast and varied array of work she has done, Abby collaborates and designs sets/album artwork/makes music videos for artists including Animal Collective, Lucius, Andrew Bird and John Cale. Abby chats about gator sightings in Savannah, epic touring schedules, working with her brother (Animal Collective’s Avey Tare), designing on a large scale and making the snake fence for Coachella. Abby also talks about her time working at Jim Henson’s Studio, designing her own puppet and archiving and restoring some classic Henson characters. In exchange, Seb introduces her to..........Rod Hull and Emu! They discuss working in Iceland, favourite album designs, working with The Velvet Underground’s John Cale and taking her cat to school as a child. Abby also talks about her merchandise and clothing ranges, available from her website - her stuff is brilliant, check it out through the link below. You can follow Abby on Instagram @abbyportner https://www.instagram.com/abbyportner/ and on Twitter @DRAWLINGZ https://www.twitter.com/DRAWLINGZ/ Visit Abby’s website to take a look at loads of her work we chatted about: https://www.abigailportner.com Here's a direct link to her excellent shop: https://www.abigailportner.com/shop/ Animal Collective’s website (featuring Abby’s artwork/music videos) http://www.myanimalhome.net/#/ Avey Tare’s Little Fang video https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D6cngTn2_NY John Cale’s If You Were Still Around video https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln77F25hXVQ Rod Hull & Emu supermarket clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPvgZhjpJ7Q THREE IN A BAR ON THE SOCIALS You can follow Three In a Bar on Instagram @threeinabarpod https://www.instagram.com/threeinabarpod/ We are on Twitter @threeinabarpod https://www.twitter.com/threeinabarpod EMAIL US! Anything you’d like to share with us? Any guests you’d love to hear or anything you’d like us to do better? Drop us a line at [email protected] SUPPORT THREE IN A BAR ON PATREON This show is purely funded by our patrons. Join our Members’ Club for a bonus podcast feed plus many more rewards. Click here: https://www.patreon.com/threeinabar MEZZO PIANO PATRONS Leonie Hirst Anita Philpott