Interview with Eliza Weber - Lonesome Rose T-Shirt Club 006

Every so often, we’ll ask one of our favorite artists to design a limited run of t-shirts for the Lonesome Rose T-Shirt Club. For the 6th installment, we have Eliza Weber from the band Glyders. Our art director Drew Ryan did an email interview with Eliza, you can read it below and pick up a shirt from Lonesome Rose or our web store.

Photos by Sanjana Elina (except where noted)

Hey Eliza what's good?
Hey Drew ! Life is pretty good right now.

You're a musician too—where do you rehearse and create visual art? Are these separate workspaces?
Yes, although they are both in my & Josh's home aka the juicy lagoon. Visual art upstairs in my office, music downstairs in the basement.

Do you have any photos of your workspace/studio?
Be warned my office is also my closet & it's not exactly neat....

Where ya from? When did you move to Chicago?
Born in Chicago, grew up in Evanston, went to school in NYC, moved back to Chicago in 2013.

Your design work comes from a place of necessity—you started making flyers and graphics because you had to tell people about your shows, not because you are a design student or a professional looking for more opportunities. What was the first design-related job or project you did that wasn't for your own band?
Hard to remember..... I think most likely it was a flier for Dumpster Tapes, or maybe The Bingers. Back then I charged $20 for fliers haha.

I love when designers stray away from industry-standard programs to create their work. I remember you telling me about this online graphics editor that you use on occasion. Can you elaborate?
That would be pixlr.com, a web-based photo editor. It's basically dollar-store photoshop. When I first started making fliers I didn't have a real computer, just a Chromebook. I would use Pixlr on the computers at the bike shop where I was working. I eventually got a laptop and Adobe programs and haven't used it since. Kind of can't believe I used it for as long as I did. Maybe I'll fire it up again one of these days.....

Got anything you're working on that you're excited about?
Just finished up a shirt for Trouble in Mind records that I'm really stoked to share. I've been a fan of that label for awhile so it was an honor to work on. It was also my first chance to do a crazy maximal design with front, back & sleeves and it's gonna be printed in four colors!

You're at Taco Bell and you've got $2—what do you order?
I'd scour the floor of the van for change until I scrape together enough for a crunchwrap, sub beans for beef.

Got any favorite designers or illustrators on your radar?
Oh man, so many and most of them right here in Chicago. I started following Josef Minor this year and am obsessed with his work. Also Clare Byrne, Bill Connors, David Strother, Crystal Zapata, Ben Marcus, Jacob Gardener, Drew Ryan (no bull!)....

Favorite Glyders show? Worst Glyders show?
Could never choose a favorite, but playing with Fred & Toody of Dead Moon at the bottle is up there for sure. Worst would have to be Be Here Now in Muncie, Indiana when I had the flu and locked the keys in the van.

What's the sketchiest place you've slept while on tour?
An old military prison cell in Prague.

Shoutout to:
Josh, all the homies, Mother Earth