Treasures Resource

Free online preservation resource for monasteries and their communities, on-site workshops and virtual consultations: working in Buddhist monasteries since 1970

[Treasures Resource @DigiMonastery]

Measuring environmental conditions for dharma center lineage treasures with remote datalogger for temperature, relative humidity and light levels, and digital illuminometer for light exposure. Light damage is cumulative and irreversible. #thangka #preservation #riskassessment

[Treasures Resource @DigiMonastery]

#conservation of #thangka, virtual learning can be joyful! https://t.co/IyM8Epx3Y9
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[Treasures Resource @DigiMonastery]

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[Ann Shaftel @annshaftel]

A new resource created at the request of monasteries “Caring for Monastery Treasures during a Pandemic" is available on our webpage https://t.co/wFdqQyyWoC

[Treasures Resource @DigiMonastery]

https://t.co/uRm5UtvNFw Just released! Cantonese language video https://t.co/RPGyTXEiJG

[Ann Shaftel @annshaftel]

SCIENCE AND THE SACRED preservation science art installation 1. Scientific analysis 2. Preservation science community education 3. Replica use following conservation treatment of originals 4. Artistic excellence and continuity @NS_Archives @RubinMuseum https://t.co/d7HMo7cCYs

[Treasures Resource @DigiMonastery]

Why do museum paintings look perfect but monastery paintings look damaged? Read about it here! https://t.co/gyLwYR13BL

[Treasures Resource @DigiMonastery]

Why do museum paintings look perfect but monastery paintings look damaged? Read about it here! https://t.co/gyLwYR13BL

[Treasures Resource @DigiMonastery]

STEM exhibit on preservation of sacred art. Please contact us with any questions!

[Treasures Resource @DigiMonastery]

Prof. Christa Brosseau and student Carolyn Farling examining paintings included in our upcoming exhibit, SCIENCE AND THE SACRED at the Chase Gallery in March. Raman Spectrometer revealed a mix of natural and synthetic pigments. https://t.co/0KZHJIrU5A https://t.co/RPGyTXEiJG

[Costume Studies at FSPA @CostumeStudies]

A close-up of a spectacular piece from @annshaftel's teaching collection.

[Ann Shaftel @annshaftel]

Faculty and future leaders in textiles/costume studies enjoyed their time today examining Silk Road textiles at @CostumeStudies @DAL_FASS https://t.co/LFT1qNbQDJ @CAC_ACCR @DigiMonastery #goldenthreads @RubinMuseum

[Costume Studies at FSPA @CostumeStudies]

Thanks to @annshaftel for another amazing session! Costume studies students and faculty got a close-up hands-on experience with Silk Route textiles today.

[AIC & FAIC @conservators]

Learn about the challenges of conserving Buddhist wall paintings with Fellow Ann Shaftel! Click through the images, showing issues with varnish, environmental problems that lead to bubbling, cracking, or peeling, & other major risks to this kind of art: https://t.co/JWYXPpriUZ

[Ann Shaftel @annshaftel]

Because we are writing PRESERVATION OF BUDDHIST TREASURES RESOURCE including chapters on Wall Paintings, here are images from that chapter.
Visit our websites: https://t.co/ScmcuD3Y5k https://t.co/4udeQvsSK2
Watch our video! https://t.co/vTgOmei21V

[Treasures Resource @DigiMonastery]

@LamaSuryaDas Thank you, we really look forward to continued generosity through this season of giving! Our monastic treasure caretakers, scholars, transcribers, photographers, editors, translators and digital documenters are all grateful! https://t.co/QBCZ3itPIr

[Treasures Resource @DigiMonastery]

Fire, Earthquakes, floods, and theft threaten Buddhist treasures in monasteries and communities! https://t.co/QBCZ3itPIr