Tibetan Applique Artist, Dorjee Wangdu, Part-2

Origin of Tibetan Applique

It was first started by the 4th Karmapa Rolpai Dorjee (1340-1383 AD), who asked his followers to put white stones on the place where he rode his horse to build a huge brocade applique thangka. The open space marked with white stones where covered with cloth and later sewn together. Soon after that other religious sects also started making it for their own monastery and improved the technique of making it.

Introduction of the Master artist, T.G. Dorjee Wangdue

T.G. Dorjee Wangdu was born in Lhasa, Tibet in 1962. At the age of 16, he joined Namgyal Trantric Monastery of H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama and studied Buddhist philosophy and trantric rituals. It was his precious teacher and guide, Ven. Thupten Jamyang (late), a Kalachakra ceremony and ritual master assisting H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama, who encouraged him to learn and improve his in-born talent in making religious images of applique. His first applique thangka is a three-long life deities as the main object of the alter at the palace of H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama in Ladakh made in May 1986.

He had opened Tibetan Applique Arts Training Centre in Dharamsala, North India, where many younger Tibetans are trained so that this unique Art making applique thangka is preserved.

Teaching this art form to the younger generation of Tibetans is also important since most of the trained artists in Tibet have passed away and the Chinese Gov., also continue to restrict anything that is related to Tibetan Buddhist practice. So far he have trained about 150 students...

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[dctashi]

Good to come across such a renowned Tibetan applique artist like Dorjee Wangdu la.It feels childishly joyous to learn about traditional Tibetan techniques from 7th century that scales international standard of this particular style in the contemporary period.I hope more young Tibetan enthusiasts will take to this field of art.It's simply marvelous!!!Thank you Asim for posting the link on fb.

[sangzang]

Gela Dorjee wandu la nice work. with regards from sangpo swiss

[kokonor11]

Great Work! Extremely Exquisite!!!