I spent the last ten days writing an article about the history and cultural context of the thangkas I make. I’ve posted it on my new Squidoo page and hope that you’ll visit and read it. A warning: it’s quite long and you’re in no way obligated to finish it! But I’d love to hear [...]
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Posted in Tibetan applique, buddhist, documentary, thangka, tibet, tibetan art, tagged Creating Buddhas, Isadora Leidenfrost, Soulful Media, trailer on April 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Click on the picture below to play the trailer of the documentary Isadora Leidenfrost and I have been working on.
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Posted in artwork, buddhist, documentary, thangka, tibetan art, tagged Creating Buddhas, documentary, fabric thangka, film, Tara, Tibetan applique on March 8, 2008 | No Comments »
A trailer of the documentary film, Creating Buddhas, has been posted on the Soulful Media website. Isadora filmed my final stitches to the Green Tara thangka a couple of weeks ago and will complete editing in the coming months. She’s done some beautiful film work and conducted some insightful interviews with renowned scholars of Tibetan [...]
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Posted in artwork, thangka, tagged eclipse, film, Tara on February 21, 2008 | No Comments »
We finished Green Tara today!
Isadora Leidenfrost is here shooting the last footage for the documentary film “Creating Buddhas”. Tomorrow we’ll visit Drupon Samten at Drikung Kyobpa Choling for consecration.
There was a lunar eclipse this evening, and we’ve decided to take that as an auspicious sign.
How wonderful it is to be able to see and [...]
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