Leslie lived in India for several years and underwent training with Tibetan lamas on the ancient applique technique used in Thangkas, their sacred paintings and embroideries. She teaches workshops on this technique and is working on a memoir of her time in India. Her website has snippets of it, if you would like to read them. Leslie is a member of TAFA: The Textile and Fiber Art List and her featured image is temporary until she sends the final hand in.
An intro from her website:
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. Intricately layered and hand-stitched, these brilliantly colored works of Tibetan appliqué art inspire the heart and fascinate the eye.
Head on over to learn more: threadsofawakening.com
Watch her in action:
Buddha and the Six Supports – Thangka – Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo, Threads of Awakening
Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo