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A NEW APPROACH TO ENAMELING - Buddhist Monks, Chanting, and a Sacred Sifter

  • I once was privileged to watch a group of Buddhist Monks make a Mandala out of butter with just their fingers - and it never melted -  but watching them sift grains of sand through a pen sifter, was an enlightening moment - I realized that perhaps with a little chanting, a few monks and some vitreous enamels, I too could reach a higher level of ancient perfection.

    From all the artistic traditions of Tantric Buddhism, that of painting with colored sand ranks as one of the most unique and exquisite. Millions of grains of sand are painstakingly laid into place on a flat platform over a period of days or weeks to form the image of a mandala. To date, the Drepung Loseling monks have created mandala sand paintings in more than 100 museums, art centers, and colleges and universities in the United States and Europe.

      Enjoy the show:

    http://youtu.be/KyqVDewZ2kU