The idea of the project is to map out something and produce it visually - except from presenting a world map. We had a project to do in the previous CART211 class where we had to map our surroundings in an interactive way. A few of the examples shown in class I was already aware of so it inspired me to do something with physical layers rather than have it digital. Using these physical layers brought forth the idea of mapping out my family and how we are connected by DNA. My family and I are relatively close - by family I mean my mother, father, and brother - and by being very close, we constitute to a whole as well as individuals outside of home. Hense, this is why I used transparent layering. I used my hand print, my mother's lips, my father's finger print, and my brother's foot print. They are each printed on a single acetate and when they are combined, they become a whole like DNA.
The way I did this is I put the prints on paper and scanned them largely enough to print them bigger on an acetate after. A few complications arose; it was either too pixelates, too blurry or not dark enough. After wasting 10 sheets of acetate, I managed to come to an end result which I am fairly happy about. If I had more time I would of done a better job.
After having my project criticized negatively, I decided to change it a little by adding pins and putting space between each acetate to almost show a discectomy of my family. It was very hard to keep the sheets perfectly straight and not have them wiggle. Taking pictures of it was also a challenge because of the flash that kept reflecting in the sheets.
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