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About us

Buddhist Images is run by Dhiramati (D.P. Miller), a member of the Western Buddhist Order. I have been practising Buddhism, meditation and yoga meditation since 1987 and, since 1999, been travelling regularly to Nepal buying Buddhist statues and thangkas. I've developed very good relationships with the local craftspeople and their families. Most of the businesses are fairly small-scale family operations that have been handed down generation to generation. I'm very happy to be supporting this local artisan culture through my work.

I'm personally very interested in Buddhist iconography, archetypes and imagery and draws much inspiration from them and in providing others with that opportunity.

About the making of our thangka paintings and statues

A video showing how thangka paintings are made

About the making of the statues (rupas)

These photos show the transformation of the raw copper, from being poured into the clay molds, and then worked on until they are finally painted carefully by hand.

  • the raw material - copper

    the raw material - copper

  • 1st layer of clay

    1st layer of clay

  • 2nd layer of clay

    2nd layer of clay

  • casting the copper

    casting the copper

  • pouring the copper

    pouring the copper

  • plunging the mold in water

    plunging the mold in water

  • breaking the mold

    breaking the mold

  • the casted mold

    the casted mold

  • working on the statues

    working on the statues

  • painting the statues

    painting the statues

  • painting the statues

    painting the statues

 

And then there are the wooden statues...

  • woodcarving 1

    woodcarving 1

  • woodcarving 2

    woodcarving 2

  • woodcarving 3

    woodcarving 3

  • woodcarving 4

    woodcarving 4

  • woodcarving 5

    woodcarving 5

  • shop

    shop

  • work in progress

    work in progress

  • Prajnaparamita carved face

    Prajnaparamita carved face