Yulokod Studios's Profile
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Yulokod Studios is located in Cambridge(Galt), Ontario, Canada. This is a single artist studio dedicated to the craft of hand-painted stained glass, specializing in Himalayan Art: Thangkas and Buddhist iconography, as well as preservation and Restoration of eccliesiastical sacred imagery in painted glass for churches synagogues, temples and shrines, as well as restoration of historical architectural buildings. and of course...One of a kind creations of whimsy, beauty and joy.
The artist Tsunma Jamyang Donma-ani J.'s relationship with glass painting began with her training in ecclesiastical traditional glass painting in Toronto, Canada at the renowned glass studio Robert McCausland Ltd. Founded in 1856, this studio is Canada’s pre-eminent Ecclesiastical glass studio. Catherine apprenticed there for some 7 years restoring and creating windows for sacred spaces which included churches, synagogues, government buildings, mausoleums, universities and private shrines. She stilll paints for them today as a freelance artist...
She was very fortunate to have the opportunity to train with some of the greatest masters of glass painting. Catherine studied and painted alongside master glass painters who had been painting for over 50 years. This is a dying art form and the rare opportunity of even meeting some of these masters, let alone apprenticing with them was a very auspicious and a rare and precious opportunity. She took ordination as a Tibetan Buddhist nun 1994. She was bestowed the name Ani Thubten Jamyang Donma, she has come to be known simply as Ani J. Ani J states “From the very first time I ever saw Himalayan At in the form of Tibetan Buddhist Thangkas I had the aspiration to work with this art form and to work with the illumination of stained glass. All through my training and studies I persevered in the study of the Tibetan Thangkas and Himalayan Art“Working with the light and the actual minerals that not only produce pure color but also have the healing qualities and vibration is very profound and important. I believe it takes the Buddhist iconography to yet another level and allows the viewer to have a more direct experience thru the light. This is how the iconography was originally intended with a non-corporeal body of light and the result is nothing short of wonderment....
