a land of Tibet

We're still resting at Derge in the Derge Parkhang continuing to find out how printing blocks are made! We now know that the blocks are inked with a roller then the paper is put on top of them. Of course we'll be using cloth rather than paper but it works about the same! After that another roller is used to push the paper onto the block. Then the paper is pulled up and set out to dry before being trimmed with a flat knife and put with the other pages into a book. Anyway, we can see of how the carving is done. It turns out that teak is often used for this as it is quite hard and consequently "holds detail well." The carving actually bevels away from the script so that the carving is stronger and can last through more printings. We can see a set of pictures of one of the books here. It is amazingly ornate and the script is incredible! By the size of some of the printing blocks we can tell that the script can be quite small since some of the xylograph blocks can be only a few inches several centimeters wide! Let's head to the building where the Tibetan herbs are found and get a roll of yak cloth to splint my arm with then we'll head along the Zhi chu near the Yangtze Dri chu to Changra Podrang the summer palace of the Queens and Kings of Derge to rest for awhile. There's a lot more to add but as usual two as one we'll add to the notes later beautiful one!


	Through My Eyes * We're still resting at Derge in the Derge Parkhang continuing to find out how printing blocks are made! We now know that the blocks are inked with a roller then the paper is put on top of them. Of course we'll be using cloth rather than paper but it works about the same! After that another roller is used to push the paper onto the block. Then the paper is pulled up and set out to dry before being trimmed with a flat knife and put with the other pages into a book. Anyway, we can see of how the carving is done. It turns out that teak is often used for this as it is quite hard and consequently "holds detail well." The carving actually bevels away from the script so that the carving is stronger and can last through more printings. We can see a set of pictures of one of the books here. It is amazingly ornate and the script is incredible! By the size of some of the printing blocks we can tell that the script can be quite small since some of the xylograph blocks can be only a few inches several centimeters wide! Let's head to the building where the Tibetan herbs are found and get a roll of yak cloth to splint my arm with then we'll head along the Zhi chu near the Yangtze Dri chu to Changra Podrang the summer palace of the Queens and Kings of Derge to rest for awhile. There's a lot more to add but as usual two as one we'll add to the notes later beautiful one! * courtesy of A Luminous Diamond (Bright) Crystal Show productions. The information for the sketches is courtesy of the Footprint Tibet handbook by Gyurme Dorje. ( please click here to return to my spinning for you!)