Dispensary Corner 27 Nov 13
November 27, 2013
Placenta picture frames are the latest innovation for new parents, as a way of creating a permanent keepsake of their pregnancies.
Believe it or not, a British woman has developed a technique where she uses dried and crushed pieces of placenta to clear casting resin, creating “marble-effect frames” Amanda Cotton takes the entire placenta, first boiling and cooking it before grinding it into small pieces and then putting it into a frame-shaped mould. Prospective customers are told to keep the placenta in an Esky after giving birth before delivering it to the creative genius. “I can understand why some people might find this a bit yucky,” said Cotton, “but what attracted me was the use of materials that we think of as wasted”. She said that many parents keep their baby’s first tooth or hair clippings. “The placenta is one of the first creations the mother and baby make together - why not celebrate that with a keepsake?”
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