what i need to reserch in turmes of my family resurch
visit family
collect family airlooms
track down family history
old photographs and present photograhs
any family memories

i also found this piece of work created by an artist called Ruth smucker which i realy like i also think it ties in perfectly with my work i like the way the tree is growing out of the person i kinda looks a bit gross but i like the concept of the person being the roots which is exacly what im trying to get across because of my genetics and wWHAT MADE ME? ME and WHAT MAKEs Us FAMILY ? as the person is the base and the tree branches which i could add things like memeries past photograhs and names,family air looms.ect

what next

what direction to go in
over the next week i will be creating

a3 link in sheets which clearly show my artist reasurch
Tracy emin
Lou reid
main influance Ruth smucker
Stefan sagmeister
i will be reasurching my family history and collecting family air loom
im visiting old family members
and practicing out my physicl method
papiar mache
for tree and sign

i hva also found the designer lou reid as this links in with zhang huan family tree which he has drawn on his face this has also sparked the idea of calving in to my tree facts about my family generation as this would be auto biographical.

inspiration

Graphic Designer (1962-)

STEFAN SAGMEISTER (1962-) is among today’s most important graphic designers. Born in Austria, he now lives and works in New York. His long-standing collaborators include the AIGA and musicians, David Byrne and Lou Reed.

i also want want to make a sign to go with my tree and ma family cresent or logo to represent my family genetics and family. i feel this would tie in more better than creating a poster to go with my tree.

for the branches of my tree i have decided to use things that have been passed down from my family like family airlooms and names of people in my family in an autographical sense
TRACY EMIN
I decided to link my work in to tracy emin because i like the way she notes down her past by sewing it in to things ,bed sheets tents ect .

resurch

i have been surching for various artist who have created family tree art and i have come across an artist called zhang hujan who has created a family tree on his face and took photos of this i thought this was a quite interesting idea of a family tree and it made sence as it kind of showed his ancesters history and by creating the family tree on his face it showed that he was like the end product .

i also would wat to create a sign to go with family tree this would be placed on high up near my familt tree and i am thinking about creating my own personalised family logo as this would make a clear link with graphics i can picture my final major project as like a whole area with the sign and the tree bellow.

um um DNA sTUFF

For my fmp i will be creating a bigggggggg family tree out papier meshe/pva glue and thick paper and news paper . i will also be creating the branches on the top out of tubed metal wire as this will also let me papier mashe on top of it i also would want some form of weight applied to the bottom to make sure it is well sported this something i would need to try out.
For the whole concept of the (family tree) i have been generally trying to research my family background such as my family roots and any objects ,family air looms that have been passed down
from generations i would want to use these with in my tree.

why have i chosen to do a family tree?
the theme that i have decided to focus on is genetics mainly what i wanted to look in to is what makes us family and in what way are we connected the well the obvious fact we came from the same parents or parent and we have like there dna is one thing but i want to know what truly makes us family if maybe aspects our personalitys are also involved and how we look similar and how my sister does not look like my parents but like my nan instead like she has skipped a generation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3zki_qSrqU
i have also found a vidio which explains family genetics and meternal lines we inherite from your parents and ansestrial links and how family genetic testing through dna is carried out