3 Dimentional media |
Kaanwads, sanitary napkins,
pop up story books and others. |
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Home
made! Media can extend to a personal hygiene product, the sanitary napkin |
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Sanitary Napkin
Developed during the MacArthur FLD Fellowship Project: 2002.
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It is common practice to use old cotton fabric preferably of a dark colour. The belief is that it is unclean blood, so any thing will do to absorb the flow. The sanitary napkin that was developed used light coloured cloth for the upper layer!
The design was made simple so it could be stitched easily, with all locally available material. It looked at factors like comfort, practicality and reusability. |
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A cardboard doll wearing the napkin was developed as a demonstration model, so that the girls could understand how the sanitary napkin is worn. The doll wears a napkin under her ghagra (skirt).
Mahwari
Chakka (menstrual wheel) is an interactive product - it comprises
of two cardboard discs one moving over the other, explaining the
menstrual cycle