About Maya
Welcome to my blog. Join me on my journey - from the beginning of my medical illustration career to wherever I may go! I am a 29 year old illustrator, I finished my graduate degree earlier this year, and took my first full-time medical illustration position. I am in it for the love of drawing and science. How could I be any luckier?
Read my words here, and see my images at www.mayachaphalkar.com
Comments
Comment from marie Sena
Time: September 7, 2007, 5:40 pm
i’m always so impressed by my favorite kidney. i wish you success and happiness on your journey to the top!
Comment from Theresa Gappa
Time: October 23, 2008, 7:45 am
About your kidney costume…….My 5 yr old son just received a kidney transplant and I am making him a kidney costume for Halloween. Can you explain how your costume was constructed. My audience will be hospital staff and I would like to make the costume as anatomically correct as possible. Many thanks for any advice you can give.
Best Regards,
Theresa Gappa
Comment from admin
Time: November 20, 2008, 3:47 pm
Theresa, I hope your son is doing well and you are leaving the hospital soon! I know we talked privately but just thought I’d answer your question here too in case others want to know. The kidney costume was pretty basic in construction: two layers of canvas, painted and cut in a kidney shape (used a textbook for reference) and sewn together like a pillow. Put the right sides of the fabric together, sew, then turn inside out. I left it open at the ureter entry area (this is called the renal pelvis if you want to know!) and then attached the ureter after stuffing. In fact the ureter is only attached with safely pins so i can un-stuff it for easy storage! 
The year I made this I couldn’t afford extra supplies so it was stuffed with clean laundry. The costume hangs on my front and is attached to me by very simple canvas straps!
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