OTAĞ-I TURKISH
MARBLING ART
Thought on Water
Ebru, yoğunlaştırılmış su üzerine doğal boyalarla desenler çizilip bu desenlerin kağıda aktarılmasıyla yapılan geleneksel bir Türk süsleme sanatıdır.
🧪 Nasıl Yapılır?
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Kitreli (yoğun) su hazırlanır.
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Doğal boyalar özel fırçalarla suya damlatılır.
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Desenler çubuk veya tarakla şekillendirilir.
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Kağıt suya bastırılır ve desen aktarılır.
🎨 Özelliği:
Her ebru tek ve benzersizdir.
Tekrarı olmayan, suyun anlık ruhunu yansıtan bir eserdir.
📜 Tarihi:
Orta Asya’dan İran’a, oradan Osmanlı’ya geçmiş; 16. yüzyıldan itibaren kitap sanatlarında kullanılmıştır.
🧘♀️ Anlamı:
Sabır, dinginlik ve içsel dengeyle yapılan ebru; sanatçının ruh hâlini yansıtır.
GLASS ART
Çeşm-i Bülbül (Bülbül Gözü)
It is a unique glass decoration technique created by rotating white and colored glass wires, which started to be produced in Beykoz in the Ottoman Empire in the 18th century.
🎨 Feature:
It is known for the spiral patterns created by the winding glass wires.
It is generally used in decorative items such as vases, bottles and glasses.
It is an art form that requires skill and patience as well as aesthetics.
🕌 Historical Connection:
It was highly valued in the Ottoman palace environment. Beykoz glass workshops became the center of this art.
CARPET AND RUG WEAVING
Culture processed stitch by stitch
It is the art of weaving developed by the Turkish people throughout history for both daily life and artistic expression. Carpets are knotted and pile; kilims are made with a flat weaving technique.
🧶 Language of Motifs:
🐏 Ram's Horn → Power and masculinity
🌳 Tree of life → Life and eternity
🧿 Eye/Evil Eye → Protection from evil
👩👧 Hands on hips → Femininity, abundance
📍 Regions:
Carpet: Konya, Isparta, Usak, Hereke
Kilim: Siirt, Tunceli, Kars, Sirnak
🌿 Cultural Value:
Every motif carries a meaning, every weaving tells a story.
It is the concrete reflection of nomadic life, belief and identity.
It has been accepted by UNESCO as a cultural heritage worthy of protection.
FELT MAKING
Art that does not get wet in the rain and does not stand the test of time
Felting is a traditional Turkish handicraft made by shaping felt obtained from sheep wool by beating it with hot water and soap.
Its origins date back to Central Asia.
🧶 How to Do It?
Sheared wool is cleaned and picked
Soak with hot soapy water
It is beaten with a mallet and turned into felt.
It is shaped and patterned with a mold.
🎨 Products:
Prayer rug, vest, bag, divan cover
Felt carpets laid on the tent floors since the time of Dede Korkut
🪡 Motifs:
Symbols such as deer, eagle, tree of life
Most often, applique decorations are made with colored fabrics.
📍 Centers:
Afyon, Tokat, Balikesir, Konya, Eskisehir surroundings
It is an art that is kept alive with mastery, especially in Afyonkarahisar.
🧭 Meaning:
Felt making is a concrete trace of the nomadic Turks' lifestyle in harmony with nature.
It combines practicality, durability and cultural aesthetics.
