Chat and Patch: How do you say the word ‘periods’ in your language?
Our latest project ‘Periods in Your Language‘ tackles menstrual stigma in UK-South Asian communities through intergenerational quilt-making workshops in London and Sheffield. An interactive sound e-quilt and short film will share stories, languages, and resources on intergenerational, cultural dialogue within period education.
A simple question with a complex answer…
We ran workshops in London and Sheffield where participants explored the word ‘period’ across languages and cultures. Through typography warm-ups, shared conversations and multilingual recordings, each person created a quilt square that visualised their chosen word and told the personal story behind it.
CHAT AND PATCH
We made an interactive quilt!
An interactive quilt stitched by intergenerational South Asian participants, each panel revealing the word ‘periods’ in their language with recorded stories activated by touch.
CHAT AND PATCH: Watch our short film
We invited multiple generations of South Asian women in the UK to answer the question: ‘How do you say ‘periods ‘ in your language?‘
LAUNCH COMING SOON IN 2026!
Mark your calendars for the launch on 8th March 2026. Come to the screening and celebrate Iftar + International Women’s Day with us!
CHAT AND PATCH:
Our impact report
Read about how we helped the South Asian community break the intergenerational stigma on periods!
Share your cultural perspective!
Help us build a global understanding of how different cultures talk about periods. Your contribution will help break down barriers and create more inclusive conversations across cultures and communities.
Your story has been sent! Thank you so much 🙂
Project partners <3
The revival of the Red Cloud Project would not have been feasible without our partners, collaborators and everyone who gave us their time and help. Thank you to We Are Family Foundation and Rivet for funding the project through the Youth To The Front Fund 2024.
We would like to kindly thank Acushla Young from Irise International, Dr Maria Tomlinson and Nafiseh Bozorgzad from University of Sheffield, Neelam Heera from Cysters, Gillian Duffy from Camberwell College of Arts, Cheryl Ng, Bodrul Islam, Hosne-ara Hassan, Elizabeth Al-Khaky, Ricarnaye Nelson and Sebastian Grygiel for their much needed expertise, consultancy and input.
What we’ve done so far
The Red Cloud Project began as our design fellowship with the Rights Studio at CRIN, where we were encouraged to explore how art can support activism.
What started as a deep dive into period poverty grew into an educational, conversation-starting book for young people – blending facts, cultural perspectives, personal stories and reflective activities.
Since then, Red Cloud Project has grown beyond the fellowship and now sits as the name for all of our period-activism work, helping us continue to open up honest, stigma-breaking conversations about menstrual health. Check-out what we’ve been up to since 2020!
#Menstruation Conversation (2021)
An award-winning Augmented Reality social media campaign
The Period Cloud (2020)
An interactive printing machine busting period myths & taboos
AR filters (2021-24)
A series of period-themed Augmented-Reality Instagram filters
AR PMDD Filters (2023)
PMDD filters for activist, educator and healthcare professional Annika Waheed
AR posters with Artivive (2020)
Experimenting with Augmented Reality posters to highlight how ancient Egypt and China managed periods
Workshops, Talks, Events
We talk about our work in many public-facing events to raise further awareness
From Your Big Sisters: check out our book launched in 2020 with CRIN and The Rights Studio!
Our comprehensive booklet explores how different cultures around the world understand, celebrate, and navigate menstruation.
📚 What you’ll find:
- Child-friendly explainers on periods
- Hands-on activities and games
- Religious interviews
- Period activists interviews
DISCLAIMER: The content of this book were originally written in early 2020 and published in May 2021, as such outdated information might be present.
“This is such a lovely idea to combine art with activism to have a meaningful conversation about periods. The inter-generational aspect is so needed. I had good fun and it was very therapeutic.”
– Participant ‘Chat and Patch’ workshop, 2025
“Ricebox Studios, periods in your language, have created such a cool environment for inter-generational conversations. As a South Asian growing up, this wasn’t something we really had. Absolutely smashing taboos.”
– Participant ‘Chat and Patch’ workshop, 2025
“I have really enjoyed this workshop, I was a little nervous prior to attending, as the topic can be intense or not of interest to some. But I feel passionately about this topic, and I love how this was executed. Very inclusive, engaging, and non-judgmental.”
– Participant ‘Chat and Patch’ workshop, 2025
“Moments like these are what starts change and shifts in mindsets in our community.”
– Participant ‘Chat and Patch’ workshop, 2025
“Such a great event, which brought up memories and experiences we had forgotten. Listening and talking about different perspectives of periods was cathartic and empowering.”
– Participant ‘Chat and Patch’ workshop, 2025
“I found this workshop a fun and creative way to bring people together and talk about things that we may not have a space to talk about.”
– Participant ‘Chat and Patch’ workshop, 2025
