Kerryn Coombe first contacted me in 2006 with a desire to learn about silk thangkas. At that time, she went by a different name and was immersed in social work…
Stitch by stitch, Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo is building a sacred applique thangka of the Medicine Buddha from bits of satin and brocades. The deep blue figure is finally complete and clothed…
Giant thangkas are usually stitched from silk and brocade, but Tashi Dhargyal is painting an enormous image of the Buddha as a way to educate the public about the precious…
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A wonderful course with Ruth Issett at Creative Days Ticino last week has made possible a long-overdue update on my satin dyeing experiments. It seems that my difficulties were not…
Writing on the textile side of life today. Yesterday, I went out to get some materials to make the quilted borders for my latest project, a deity-less thangka commissioned by…
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