CREATING BUDDHAS: The Making and Meaning of Fabric Thangkas, by Isadora Gabrielle Leidenfrost

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CREATING BUDDHAS: The Making and Meaning of Fabric Thangkas

by Isadora Gabrielle Leidenfrost

Featuring Robert Thurman, Glenn Mullin, and China Galland, this film documents the art of fabric thangkas--here told through the story of Leslie Rinchen Wangmo, who masters a "male" art to create a fabric thangka of Tara. Made of embroidered silk and applique, these thangkas are rare, and exquisitely beautiful. Visit snowlionpub.com/samples/CreatingBuddhasMaking&MeaningOfFabricThangkas.doc for an in-depth article on this.

Creating Buddhas is a documentary about a woman who makes Buddhas out of silk. Trained in Dharamsala, India, for nine years, Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo is one of the few female fabric thangka makers in the world. A fabric thangka is a silk embroidered and appliqued art form in Tibetan Buddhism that is so rare that in some places it is only seen once a year, and then only for a few hours.

This film explores Leslie's life changing journey from her initial discovery of fabric thankas through her mastery of the art, and reveals the history and spiritual significance of fabric thangka in Buddhism. Throughout this film, we see Leslie produce a thangka of the female Buddha Tara. In a sense, Leslie is like Tara. Leslie mastered a male tradition and we see fabric thangka through feminine eyes.

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