Attractive and eco-friendly products made by differently-abled students and persons were the cynosure of all eyes at an exhibition held as part of a convention of disabled persons at the Bhandarkars Arts and Science College here on Monday.
The products and materials created by the students of Vagjyoti School for Hearing Impaired, Ampar; Narayan Special School, Tallur; Asha Nilaya Special School, Udupi; Asare Home for Mentally Challenged, Manipal; and Chaitanya Special School, Kundapur, were on display.
The students had made bags of different sizes and shapes. They had created beautiful dolls from sponge. Their creativity shone through greetings cards on which they had made use of colours skilfully.
Yet another attraction was the cotton pillows on which they had done beautiful paintings. On some cotton pillows their embroidery testified to their ingenuity. They had also produced 100 pages and 200 page notebooks.
Candle holders had been made out of used CDs, flowers made out of used ice-cream cups and tissue paper, cups made out of used packaged water bottles, decorative plants made out of empty shells, colourful cloth foot-mats and decorative bottles, were other attractions.
“We train the students for about six months. They then pick up the skills. All products on display are made by the students themselves,” Jayavijaya Kumari, craft teacher at Asha Nilaya Special School, said.
The products were all modestly priced. “Most of the products the students make are those which the people would like to keep in their showcases. The production of these items also helps students to become self-reliant,” Prema Lewis, headmistress of Narayan Special School, said.
“Due to the attractiveness of the products, there is high demand for them in places including Manipal, where people come in search of them,” Harini, special educator at Asare, said.
Mahadevi Kulal had displayed the beautiful ornaments such as pairs of earrings, bracelets and necklaces.
