Creating Buddhas

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    2 episodes

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    • Play Traditional Socks From Iraq: How To Knit A Tapered Toe With A Vertical Cast On - Creating Buddhas on Blip Creating Buddhas episodes on Blip

      Traditional Socks From Iraq: How To Knit A Taper...

      This short 7-minute video Traditional Socks from Iraq was demonstrated by master knitter Betsy Tuttle. The goal of this project was to supplement the Interim Teaching Collection (the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection's name for a select group of objects used for teaching during the Collections upcoming relocation period). This video assists us with presenting our collection to students and to the community at large, teaching them about a specific technical process, and encouraging their cr...

      • Release date
        Nov 4, 2009
      • Runtime
        06:54
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      Creating Buddhas

      “Creating Buddhas” is an hour long documentary about a western woman who creates Buddhas out of silk. Fabric thangka is a silk embroidered and appliquéd art form in Tibetan Buddhism. Fabric thangka is so rare that in some places it is only seen once a year. Trained in Dharamsala, for nine years, Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo is one of the few female makers in world. She became a master of a male tradition and we see fabric thangka through feminine eyes.

      • Release date
        Apr 8, 2009
      • Runtime
        03:08
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