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Traditional
Turkish Marbled Paper
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When I visited the workshop of one of the great
marbling masters Mustafa Düzgünman, he wrote the name of the marbled
pieces and explained how to create them.
My love of marbling goes back many years, but I never
became a master in this art. But because I love colours and silk painting
I did some experiments on silk.
I am not going to tell you how to do
marbling or the supplies for marbling, but I will try to show you beautiful
traditional Turkish marbled papers.
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Battal Ebru
(Weined marbleized paper)
We
can call this the starting point of marbling. We obtain other types of
marbling starting with this kind of marbling.
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Battal Ebru
(Weined marbleized paper)
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Gel-Git
(Gel
git is translated as tides)
As
in battal marbling, after dyes are sprinkled, with a pin or a toothpick or
a nail they are moved up and down parallel to the edges of the tray to get
a design seen on the photo on the right. A comb with widely spaced teeth
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Hatip Ebrusu
This
type of marbling ,s patterned moving evenly spaced drops of dyes inward
and outward with a toothpick.
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Neftli Battal Ebru
After
battal marbling is prepared, it is sprinkled with dyes which is mixed with
naphta. (turpentine oil)
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Neftli Battal Ebru
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Taraklı Hatip Ebrusu
Comb
marbling is prepared in a similar fashion as in hatip marbling. Inward
lined are pulled by using a comb.
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Shawl
Marbling
After
preparing as in gel-git marbling, using a toothpick draw curved lines to
create shawl patterns.
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Shawl Ebru
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Taraklı Ebru
(Comb marbleized pattern)
After
preparation as battal marbling by using combs (teeth can be spaced as
desired) this type of marbling is created.
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Bülbül Yuvası
( if we translate it word by word
nightingale nest or snail marbling pattern)
This
design is my favorite marbling pattern.
Starts
again with battal marbling, using a toothpick we draw helical curves in an
inward direction. If desired, a comb may be used to work the whole tray at
ones.
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Çiçek Ebrusu veya Çiçekli Ebru
(Floral marbleized pattern)
Flower
marbling or flowered marbling.
Flower
patterns are drawn on the prepared battal marbling.
At
the left you see tulip and carnation.
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Çiçek Ebrusu veya Çiçekli Ebru
(Floral marbleized pattern)
A
daisy pattern.
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Çiçek Ebrusu veya Çiçekli Ebru
(Floral marbleized pattern)
A
tulip pattern.
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Çiçek Ebrusu veya Çiçekli Ebru
(Necmettin
Okyay who was one of the great Turkish marbling masters has used the
design shown as background in his marbling work, therefore it is
known as Necmettin Marbling)
A
hyacinth design.
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You can see the modernized marbling in
my
marbling page, scarves and marbled
fabrics .
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