You’ve been framed: Placenta used for ‘keepsake’

Parents can now treasure pictures of their newborns in photo frames made using the placenta, thanks to a technique developed by a university graduate.

Amanda Cotton has found a way of adding pieces of placenta to moulds filled with clear resin to create marble effect frames, and is already receiving orders from parents, according to the University of Brighton.

Cotton boils the entire placenta, then grinds it into small pieces before placing it into a mould with resin and other materials.