Silk Appliqué Thangka » Threads of Awakening » Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo
Silk Appliqué Thangka » Threads of Awakening » Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo
Silk Appliqué Thangka » Threads of Awakening » Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo
Description: Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo is a contemporary American textile artist, author, teacher, and caretaker of a sacred Tibetan tradition. In her fabric thangkas, sacred Buddhist images are rendered in vivid mosaics of silk. View her artwork and awaken your heart to sacred beauty!
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Order your book NOW 1 1 Meet Leslie — and journey into Tibet's sacred textile art Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo is a textile artist, teacher, and author of Threads of Awakening: An American Woman’s Journey into Tibet’s Sacred Textile Art . A California girl who bought a one-way ticket to India and landed in a Tibetan sewing workshop next door to the Dalai Lama, she became one of few non-Tibetans to master the Buddhist art of silk appliqué thangka. Trained by two of the finest living Tibetan appliqué artist
Her pieced silk thangkas have been exhibited internationally and featured in magazines such as Spirituality & Health , FiberArts , and Fiber Art Now and in the documentary, Creating Buddhas: The Making and Meaning of Fabric Thangkas .
Silk Appliqué Thangka » Threads of Awakening » Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo
Silk Appliqué Thangka » Threads of Awakening » Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo
Silk Appliqué Thangka » Threads of Awakening » Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo