COLOUR FOCUS - RED
2017

COLOUR FOCUS - RED

From the five element colours, red is fire, a source of warmth, comfort and protection in a hostile environment.

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WOMEN'S DAY
2017

WOMEN'S DAY

Traditional nomad women have hard lives. The generation of women now in their sixties typically bore a dozen children, many having experienced the ...

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THE KANGTSA CAVE
2017

THE KANGTSA CAVE

In 2010, we discovered the nearby monastery of Kangtsa, a beautiful, small monastery surrounded by junipers and spread over a hill in a quiet, wood...

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Man on Tibetan Plateau
2017

COLOUR FOCUS- WHITE

On the Tibetan Plateau, white stands for purity, knowledge and learning. White is auspicious, as symbolised by the white silk scarves offered to we...

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COLOUR FOCUS - BLUE
2017

COLOUR FOCUS - BLUE

Blue in the sky, in the lakes and rivers, in the flowers that turn summer pasture into a reflection of the firmament, make blue Tibet’s all season ...

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STONE WALLS
2017

STONE WALLS

Massive stone walls are found everywhere in Tibet, carved out from the vast array of stone found all over the plateau, and dating to a time when to...

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COLOUR FOCUS - GREEN
2017

COLOUR FOCUS - GREEN

On the Tibetan Plateau, green is the colour of summer. It is nature at its most dynamic, when the hills and pastures in nomadic areas turn an inten...

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NOMAD ZEN
2017

NOMAD ZEN

My father’s favorite colour is red. Not any red, but a dark maroon, the same shade as that of a Tibetan monk’s robes and that of the sacred walls i...

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JOMA ROOT
2017

JOMA ROOT

Joma is a high protein, bulbous root that grows in clumps in the rich, black soil of the pasture.

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TIBETAN HOMES
2016

TIBETAN HOMES

Tibetan houses offer a rich variety of architectural styles that differ region to region. The tradition of building houses is strongest in farming ...

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NOMAD CONNECTIONS
2016

NOMAD CONNECTIONS

A red with a tinge of pink, a Tibetan Plateau-in–autumn-red, found in the shades of  bushes turning colour, or plastered on the walls of monastery ...

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FABRIC IN THE WIND
2016

FABRIC IN THE WIND

A fence across the pasture, a banner, a ribbon against the sky. They blow in the wind, changing shade and color like the clouds…. Norlha fabrics.

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