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| A placenta picture frame |
If it placentas don’t freak you out you can now buy picture frames made out of your own placenta after giving birth.
Some people eat them, while others leave them attached to their newborn baby for some time. Now, the latest craze is for parents to turn their child's placenta into a photo frame.
A new college graduate living in the United Kingdom, has found a way to fill dried pieces and shredded placentas into molds to create marbleized picture frames. She is already receiving orders from new and expectant parents.
Amanda Cotton uses all of the placenta to make a frame. She first boils and then grinds it into small pieces before placing it in a mold.
"I had a lot of positive feedback from parents and I already have customers," Cotton said.
“I can understand why some people might find this a little gross, but what attracted me was the use of materials considered as waste. I completed a master's degree in sustainable design at the University of Brighton a couple of years ago, and these issues are close to my heart. I have friends who swear by placenta capsules and say that it gives them more energy, more milk and even beat the postpartum blues,” one customer said.
“You can donate placentas to train dogs in search of human remains. There are many uses for these bits of tissue that keep your baby alive for nine months. However, most placentas are thrown away. Now that's a waste," she also said.
Cotton developed her technique before graduating this year. She practiced 3D materials in the Faculty of Arts.
The 25-year-old, who works for a design company in London, has said that she is expanding the range of products after receiving positive feedback from parents.
"It is very common for people to keep their baby’s products such as the umbilical cord, the first tooth or hair clippings, along with photos and notes. The placenta is one of the first creations of the mother and baby. Why not celebrate it with a memory?” Cotton said.