Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Typographic Code
A typographic code based around typesetting. When setting type, all characters are viewed upside down and the wrong way round; they are also kept in specific order not related to the alphabet, but to how often each letter is used. Our code is to help typesetters with the recognition and position re-call of type.
As typesetting is a dying art form, we decided to produce a book to make it easier for typesetters to learn and remember the order in which type is kept. The shape and size of the letters relate to the space they occupy in a traditional typecase.
Permanent Shadows
An investigation into the permanent shadows left behind when the atomic bomb exploded in Hiroshima. My aim was to capture, on paper, something perceived to be temporary and uncontrollable.
http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/09/nuclear-shadows-in-hiroshima/
Monday, 25 May 2009
Whatever You Think
Whatever You Think, Think The Opposite.
Entitled ‘Second Skin’ the images aim to provoke an uncomfortable feeling of being trapped in the ‘wrong skin’, an emotion widely experienced by members of the cross-gender community. The images capture the compulsion to physically break out. The images were displayed in the 'Whatever You Think, Think The Opposite' Photographic Exhibition at the Arden and Andstruther Gallery, they are also my first pieces of work to be sold!
New Religion - Total Knowledge
There is a lot of information missing within religion. Our new religion ‘Total Knowledge’ respects that if religion is supposed to be a guide to life, people should have all the information available before making any personal choices; even choices such as which sign to follow. To elaborate on this theme we labelled our clothes accordingly, and produced a ‘project log’ to give all the information about the project.
Celebrity
A brief to create and promote a new celebrity ... Captain Courageous the new super-hero saved the world form the evil Diana Blast.
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
DRAW/POINT/SHOOT
A project investigating how photographs could be customised. By drawing illustrations on a 'plate' which is placed in the film gate, the image drawn on the plate will appear on each photograph, the plates can be cleaned and re-used creating a process to produce countless original images.
Wednesday, 15 April 2009
Y.2.K.O
A project to re-tell the story from a famous historical event. 'Project Millennium Bug' the story of what really happened at Y2K.
Y2KO from Bethan Jones on Vimeo.
Tuesday, 14 April 2009
Business Card
An idea to produce business cards for a photography exhibition, I placed a transparency containing my details over a range of backgrounds producing a range of unique business cards.
Fractional Distillation
A project in collaboration with the Science Museum, to communicate and illustrate a scientific process - Fractional Distillation.
Public Square
A project based around a randomly chosen area of london, my area included the Science Museum, the Natural History Museum and Imperial College. My solution to this brief was a proposal for a bridge connecting the Science Museum with
Imperial College.
I was surprised to learn that there are no physical, and few educational connections between the two buildings. I found the lack of communication odd as both institutes are researching, discovering and celebrating all aspects of science. However, I saw this as an opportunity to build communication between the two buildings and i felt a physical connection would help the flow of information. I decided the connection should be made out of books from Imperial College's library which are now in storgae in Swindon due to the college downsizing the library.
House
A photography project aiming to convey the term 'house' by highlighting the boundaries of a house and the space it contains through multiple exposures, 120 film Holga camera.
House from Bethan Jones on Vimeo.
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