This work was done for a self directed project in which the aim was to visually represent my family tree. I experimented with different ways of representing my heritage and settled on a circular shaped diagram showing the bloodlines within three generations of my family. It extends outwards from my grandparents in the middle, out to my parents, aunties and uncles and then out to me, my siblings and cousins. The linear pattern within each section represents each members inherited traits and their bloodlines.
I like how the work turned out, the diagram was laser cut into a disc of tree trunk I acquired and the effect is really nice. I would like to try this again in the future with some different designs.
To present this piece of work I also made two posters (below), one of the diagram itself and the other an image made up from each individual pattern in the family tree. There was also a small hand drawn booklet accompanying the work which served as a key for the diagram, I don't have any pictures of it yet but will upload them when I do.
Thanks to Nick Bailey, the tree surgeon.
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