Female Genital Mutilation: Design and Fabrication of a Wall Plaque for Awareness Creation

This research designs and fabricates a metal mosaic wall plaque which is aesthetically pleasing and durable to complement other means of awareness creation of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Metal Scraps such as milk tins, canned mineral tins, pieces of alum mum, copper and brass sheets etc. were used for the plaque depending on the color to be depicted in the scene using Metal Mosaic Technique.

The Experimental and Descriptive research methods based on quantitative and qualitative approaches were employed in the study. The plaque as was hypothesized thus, from the designing stage, fabrication stage and the finishing stage proved to be what it was intended for with respect to helping to educate people, especially rural folks who are custodians and champions of customs and opinion leaders of the heinous practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Materials for the project were locally available but the technique was painstaking, time consuming and tedious. It is recommended that other cooperate bodies such us WHO and others who preach total annihilation of this form of practice must bring on board metal artists to produce aesthetically pleasing and intriguing scenes in the form of wall plaques to complement the campaign.