For this project I created a book based around the title 'A Hard Rain'. I
focused my 1000 word story around Storm chasers Tim and Paul Samaras
and Carl Young and the final events from their last chase.
I decided to show the movement of the storm and its power by combining
the typography with the ink-like stained illustrations of the tornado
and rain. I kept all colour to just black and white for a very bold
contrast representing the the dense clouds and dangerous sense of the
events unfolding.
I stitched every page edge together to create a concertina format, so
the reader may follow on to each page uninterrupted. Each page has been
perforated so as the stitching is hidden, the front and back pages
perforation have been purposely left to keep a sense of fragility.
The only requirement in the brief was an A2 piece of material must be
used. To comply with the brief I used an A2 piece of white tissue paper
to keep that sense of fragility representing the lives of the storm
chasers. The very thin and opaque characteristic of the tissue paper
also creates the sound of rain and a storm above when unwrapping the
book.
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