This thesis is motivated by a desire to find a new way of working with textiles that is built upon my own interpretation of the mandala. The focus of study is placed, in particular, on the development of the image of the mandala by researching the ancient mandala diagrams of Tannic Buddhism and discovering a new technique to express my interpretation of this diagram. Over a period of six months, two paintings and two sculptures were carried out from the study of the mandala diagram and from the various technical experiments with fibers. The historical background and symbolic systems of the mandala diagram are discussed in Part one. My thesis work, the Mandala Series was guided and inspired by the Mandala diagrams and are discussed in Part Two.
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CONTENTS iii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS iv INTRODUCTION 1 PART I. MANDALA DIAGRAM OF TANTRIC BUDDHISM 1 . HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 2 2. SYMBOLIC SYSTEM 5 PART B. THESIS WORK - THE MANDALA SERIES 3. THESIS CONCEPT 7 4. TECHNICAL INFORMATION 8 5. DESCRIPTION OF PIECES 10 MANDALA I, B 10 MANDALA BI, IV 11 CONCLUSION 12 END-NOTES 13 FIGURES 14 BIBLIOGRAPHY 27
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Figure Page 1. Vajrana mandala 14 2. Drawing I 15 3. Drawing II 16 4. Detail of Mandala I 17 5. Detail of Mandala II 18 6. Drawing III 19 7. Drawing IV 20 8. Drawing V 21 9. Detail of Mandala IV 22 10. Mandala I 23 11. Mandala II 24 12. Mandala III 25 13. Mandala IV 26
