Photographs & Films

Where devotion becomes art.

Hands that preserve a sacred tradition.

Every brushstroke carries a story.

Patience in every detail.

Learning the art, living the tradition.

A moment of quiet devotion.

Tradition passed from hand to hand.

Where every colour has meaning.

The artist behind the sacred canvas.

Creating with patience, devotion and care.

A journey measured in brushstrokes.

Keeping Himalayan art alive.

From a master’s hand to the next generation.

Guiding the Next Generation

Learning the tradition, one detail at a time.

From learning to creating.

Years of Wisdom in Every Brushstroke

Film

From a master’s hand to the next generation.

From a master’s hand to the next generation.

Creating with patience, devotion and care.

Learning the art, living the tradition.

Film

The artist behind the sacred canvas.

Shakyamuni Buddha, gold burnished by hand

Opening the eyes — the master's final stage

Kalachakra mandala, laid out on the iconometric grid

Green Tara in malachite and lapis

Manjushri's flaming sword, fine-line detailing

Newar paubha — jewelled and symmetrical

Medicine Buddha in lapis blue

Thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara

Film

Applying 24k Gold

A brush no wider than a hair carries gold to the crown, robe and halo.

Film

Inside the Boudha Studio

Morning light across a finished mandala, before it leaves the workshop.