Final Project Notes Part A

I've had several ideas for this project, most of which I'm not sure how well they'd work for this project. However, today I did come up with an idea I think would work and I might possibly commit to. I was thinking about possibly doing something about the history of an everyday object like jeans or a coffee cup and collage aout the injustices behind the creation. I could potentially possibly wear it or carry it around on campus or somewhere else to raise awareness, or it could be displayed...but I think it'd be more powerful if I were to a clothing piece that it was actually worn. Sometimes things like notebooks or products flaunting their "green-ness" will say Made with however much percent recycled products, maybe I could do a play on that and have it say I was made with 100% child labor...or something, I'm not sure yet.

If I go with this idea, which I think I probably might I would to do some research and find a company that does use child labor or pays its workers really meagerly and has unsafe conditions. Off the top of my head I'm totally sure of any. I think Nike maybe use to or possibly still does, I don't know if they really did or still do though...I also think I want to do a pair of jeans. I could also incorporate quotes from the workers or from writers or others on the topic.

Questions I would have about persuing this are:

1. Am I able to use labels from particular companies? I would probably target just one and try and get jeans by that company with the label already there, but would it be ok to cut the label from clothes and use it in the piece?

2. I'm not sure how many images on this subject I would be able to concoct on my own...as long as the images have been in the public domain for like 50 years or do not have a copyright they would be fair game correct?

I just came up with a slightly different, but related idea that I think would be more powerful. When I was originally looking up companies for this project, GAP Kids was one that came up as having had a problem with child labor...so I was thinking that since my idea was anti-child labor why not do it on a pair of kid's jeans? Then instead of me wearing it, it could be a kid...which I think would have more of an impact since it's about child labor. If they were for a kid that is about the same age as those typically working in the factories (probably about 10 to 12) that would be best...but if I don't have any of their kid's jeans around the house from when I was younger, I'll check out Goodwill and hopefully they'll have some.

Also, when exactly is our final and were our notebooks taken up?