User:Thegilder

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[edit] About me

Martin Watson; born in the UK about 50 years ago. I left home in the 1970's when I was 16, travelled to India and settled near Dharamsala where I started my Buddhist studies. During the past 34 years I've studied under various teachers in the Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana traditions, receiving full ordination in Rangoon, Burma, (1980) and Kalachakra and Vajra Master initiations in 1989 (Los Angeles) and 2000 (Spiti).

Assisted in the gilding of the Burmese (Dhamma Yaung Chi Ceti) Pagodas in Sunshine, New South Wales, Australia; in Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.; and also at the International Meditation Centre near Klagenfurt, Austria.

Gilded Maitreya
Gilded Maitreya

My gilding works include Burmese Buddha Thrones, Maitreya Project Statues, Padmasambhava Bronzes and various other Buddha statues and meditational objects.

Currently living on Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia.

Lives on Bruny Island Tasmania.
Image:Dharma wheel 1.png Multi-denominational Buddhist.
Drives a Mitsubishi Delica 4x4.
Alumni PADI Scuba Instructor
Sells CDs of my photos.


Graduated from Technical Colleges in Thailand, California and New York, with specialties in Numismatic Research and Jewellery Appraisal.

Asian Institute of Gemmological Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand - Accredited Gemmologist - 1982

Gemological Institute of America, California - Jewellery Manufacturing Arts - 1986

Gemological Institute of America, New York - Diamonds and Diamond Grading - 1995


[edit] My Current Interests

[1]The DharamsalaNet webmaster, Dharamsala's Information Resource (temporary home to the Dalai Lama)

thegilder's studio [2]

Owner of The Penguin Cafe on Bruny [3]