The bond between a mother and her child is the strongest and most sacred of all.
People have been known to capture their treasured memories in so many ways—from photographs to turning ashes of a loved one into diamonds, to snipping a lock of someone’s hair and wearing it in a locket around their neck.
A Chennai-based artist, Sangita Mehta, has been helping mothers turn their breast milk into pretty pieces of jewellery and keepsakes and you’ll be surprised at how appealing they look!
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Sangita never thought to be a jewellery maker. She was working with an MNC in Chennai. She liked artwork so was making some keepsakes and gift items as a hobby.
Sangita was already doing 3D casting for people; She got the idea to make jewellery from Breastmilk from her US-based friend. "It's quite popular abroad but new in India," says Sangita.
After a year of research, It took her almost a year to find out the perfect formula for her task. Now she makes jewellery professionally. She makes keychains, cufflinks, fridge magnets and photo frames with breast milk.
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Sangita requires about 10-15ml of breast milk for her work. Once the customer contacts her, she sends an inclusion set with detailed instructions. The customer then hand-expresses the milk and couriers it.
Source: Sangeeta Mehta
"I preserve it with food grade preservatives. Once it becomes semi-solid, I mould it and leave it to set for seven to 10 days at room temperature, and it becomes stone-like," says Sangita. It is then encased in glass and attached to metal jewellery.
Sangita says she would like to expand her work at the international level.
