Ebru Marbling Workshop on Fabric

Description

Ebru Marbling Workshop on Fabric In Istanbul

Everyday : At 16:00 – ( Please ask for Alternative Hours )
Duration : 1,5  hours
Location : Uskudar / ISTANBUL
Lesson Teachings : available in English and Turkish

An Ebru marbling workshop focused on fabric is a creative and artistic experience where participants learn the traditional art of paper and fabric marbling. Here are some key components and steps you might expect from such a workshop:

What is Included ;

* Teching from Master Local Artists for beginner & advanced level students.
* Each Guest will make 2 pieces of 100 cm x 100 cm Ebru art on fabric in the end of the workshop.
* Additional each 100cm x 100cm fabric art work that students  wants to make is 30 Euro.
* Art works will be picked up on the next day.
* Traditional Ottoman Turkish style Ebru Marbling on Fabric.
* All equipment for Turkish Marbling – Ebru Workshop.
* Workshop Area, Aprons & Gloves.
* Turkish Tea & Water.

Contact = +905442201022 ( Mr. Alp or Mr. Nurdogan)

Additional Information ;

Overview:

• Ebru Marbling: This is a Turkish art form that involves creating colorful patterns on water and transferring them to fabric or paper.
• Materials Needed:
  • Fabric
  • Ebru paint (water-based paints)
  • brushes
  • Trays or containers for the water
  • Droppers or sticks for applying paint

Workshop Structure:

1. Introduction:
   • Brief history and significance of Ebru marbling.
   • Overview of materials and tools.
2. Preparation:
   • Setting up the workspace.
   • Preparing the size and mixing colors.
3. Techniques:
   • Demonstrating different marbling techniques, such as combing, swirling, and dropping paint to create patterns.
4. Hands-on Practice:
   • Participants will practice creating their own designs on fabric.
   • Guidance on how to manipulate the colors and patterns.
5. Transfer Technique:
   • Learning how to transfer the marbled design from the water surface to the fabric

TURKISH MARBLING, EBRU

Marbled paper, called ebru in Turkish, was used extensively in the binding of books and within the calligraphic panels in Turkey. The existing word ebre in Eastern Turkish, meaning variegated, points to the fact that marbling might have been known by the populations of Central Asia. Its origin might ultimately hark back to China, where a document from the T’ang dynasty (618-907) mentions a process of coloring paper on water with five hues. In the early examples from the 16th c. in the Ottoman-Turkish era, ebru appears in the battal (stone) form, namely without any manipulation. Interestingly, several variations developed in time, giving us types such as gelgit, tarakli, hatip, bülbül yuvasi, çiçekli (respectively come-and-go, combed, preacher, nightingale’s nest, flowered, etc.) An attempt has been made here to show some of its principal patterns, with samples by the master marblers of this century chosen from our collection.

Ebru technique consists of sprinkling colours containing a few drops of ox-gall on to the surface of the bath sized with kitre (gum tragacanth) in a trough. By carefully laying the paper over the bath, the floating picture on top of it is readily transferred to the paper; thus, each ebru is a one of a kind print. To obtain beautiful ebru results, one needs to have a light hand, refined taste, and an open mind to the unexpected patterns forming on the water. Patience and a good knowledge of traditional culture are characteristic of ebru masters.

After the 1550’s, booklovers in Europe prized ebru, which came to be known as ‘Turkish papers’. Many specimens in their collections and in the several album amicorum books are visible today in various museums. Also, early texts dealing with ebru, such as “Discourse on decorating paper in the Turkish manner”, published in 1664 by Athanasius Kircher in Rome, helped to disseminate the knowledge of this kind of marbling art. There is agreement amongst scholars that the so-called Turkish Papers played a colourful influence on the book arts in Europe.