Ebru Marbling Class Student From Germany January 2018

A dervish is an apprentice, one who is learning the professionthat will provide eternal livelihood. This profession is still taught in certain “schools of higher learning.” While there are many skills that can be self-taught or learned alone, the skills of dervishood are learned by being in relationship to a shaikh, or guide, and within […]

Ottoman Marbling – Ebru Class with our students from China – March 2016 / Istanbul. 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 the result of color floated on either […]

It was a highly unlikely bestseller: a book of poems written by a 13th century Islamic mystic. But Jallaludin Rumi is big business in the US, and the bandwagon that has been gathering speed over there is about to roll into Britain Peter CulshawSaturday December 1, 2001The Guardian It was in a carpet shop deep […]