Ebru Marbling Class Student From Germany January 2018

Turkish Ebru Class with our guests from South Africa. Thank you Heloise for joining our workshop – Sultanahmet / Istanbul January 2016. Turkish Marbling – Ebru Lessons in Istanbul. Turkish Paper marbling is a method of aqueous surface design, which can produce patterns similar to marble or other stone, hence the name. The patterns are […]

Simple dishes, pots, bowls and oil lanterns with turquoise, green, violet and yellow-brown glazes are seen in considerable number. They are usually made of reddish or off-white clay with a coarse grain. The glaze is rather thick. Following the defeat of the Byzantine army in 1071 by the Anatolian Seljuk Turks, a rapid increase of […]

Marbling, or ebru, is one of the most popular forms of Turkish art. We decided to introduce ourselves to the technique, and joined a workshop offered by Bazaar Turkey / Les Arts Turcs in Sultanahmet. By the end of the entertaining session, we had managed to create a few minor masterpieces. Ebru has been a […]