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¿Sabes qué es el síndrome de Heidi?

Una enfermedad cada vez más frecuente en niños

¿Sabes qué es el síndrome de Heidi

Todos recordamos a Heidi. Una niña muy alegre que vivía en los Alpes junto a su abuelo, rodeada de la naturaleza más pura: praderas, ríos de agua cristalina y montañas. ¿Qué ocurría cada vez que iba a la ciudad? Que enfermaba. El síndrome de Heidi existe, y son muchos los niños que lo sufren en la…

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About this project

 As some of you may know, in 2013 I was invited to Bhutan by my Art Conservation mentor, Ephraim “Eddie” Jose, to volunteer with the monk-conservators of the Thangka Conservation Center in Thimphu, founded with his non-profit organization, Druk Foundation for Art Preservation. Now we are going to establish a similar thangka conservation program in Tibet. A documentary about the Bhutan project was made by Tobias Reeuwijk (premiered at Hawaii International Film Festival 2016), I include the trailer video below because it explains our volunteer thangka conservation work so well 🙂 — so now you can imagine a similar thing happening, but in Tibet!!!

For all you crafty folks & textile geeks 🙂 a “thank you” gift of silk samples used in our thangka conservation work!

  Thangka mounting in progress. I will use offcuts from silk such as seen here to sew you a mala-pouch!

  A string of prayer flags will be hung on Tibetan sacred land, dedicated to each sponsor of $50 or more

  Choose one of these vintage scrolls to be fully restored and remounted in thanks for your support of this thangka conservation project! (see work examples at EastAsianArtStudio.com)

In May of 2017, I will journey to the remote monasteries of Eastern and Northeastern Tibet (Kham and Amdo) to volunteer my assistance with the establishment of the first thangka conservation center in Tibet. It is a great honor for me to be included in this meritable project which promises to have multiple and outlasting benefits for the Tibetan monastic community and art historians, as well as for society as a whole! We will start by working with a small group of monks/nuns, training them in the international industry standards for thangka painting conservation and preservation– equipping them with the skills and tools needed. Upon completion of training, they will then pass on this expertise to others within their community– thereby ensuring that the preservation of their own sacred historical artworks is held within their own hands. I will be assisting my mentor with providing the thangka conservation training. The China Exploration & Research Society, a non-profit organization, will be providing space, materials, and other ongoing support for the monk/nun conservation students.

On a more personal note, this is also an extremely rare and valuable opportunity for me to visit Tibet (for my first time!) to conduct research, and acquire teachings and materials pertinent to my primary field of training— the conservation of thangka paintings and their silk mountings. I will be documenting methods and materials relevant to the thangkas of the particular areas we visit and exploring what we can learn about a thangka from its unique silk mountings. Traditionally, these silk mountings are hand dyed and I look forward to learning about the natural dye materials and techniques particular to Eastern Tibet. All of this will end up on my private blog, which sponsors will have password access to (nerd out with me about historical paintings, textiles, silkworms, dye, and more)!

Of course, the overall expenses for such a trip are much higher than what I am trying to raise here– but this is the amount that I am in need of to make this volunteer & research trip happen! The initial goal will cover the absolute cheapest flight (which looks like it will be 35+ hours!) Anything over that will be applied to research materials, thangka conservation supplies, and then to travel expenses for further volunteer & research opportunities.

  Risks and challenges

Inherent risks include: 1) Falling off a Himalayan mountain-top! 2) Contracting a 500 year old plague from breathing dust residues in the seems of antique thangka mountings! 3) Crossing paths with a pissed-off migö (Tibetan for yeti/bigfoot) 4) and many more!!!!

*disclaimer, just joking– there are no risks and the only possible outcome is a positively beneficial one. Kickstarter just makes me write something here 😛

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