From a snowy produce stall to a New York warehouse, the set designer is making room for the work that happens off camera.
Source: Lana Boy on Instagram
Lana Boy is a New York set designer and prop stylist. Her work gives a performer somewhere to be, whether that’s a fruit stall caught in a snowstorm or the cold, dark world around Alix Earle in an ELLE Canada portrait. Little Clouds Studio is her chance to build something for the people who make those sets.
What the set brings to the picture
In the Audible still, crates of oranges and greens make the stall feel familiar. Then you notice the snow. The ELLE Canada portrait works differently. There’s very little room around Earle’s face, so the dark fabric and flecks of white suggest the cold on their own.
Photo: Jana Schuessler
A workshop of her own
A finished set tells you very little about where it was made. Someone still needs room to cut the material, let it dry, and see how it looks when it’s standing up. Boy’s plan for Little Clouds is to give artists a place to do that work together. She introduced the warehouse in this Reel.
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