ALL ABOUT MARBLING

January 11 - 2021

Marbling in The New York Times Archive

IN Turkey where it flourished in the 15th century, marbled paper making was known as ebru, or the art of the clouds.Pastel, abstract and as mutable as a cloud, marbled paper was reserved for religious writings because it so enhanced the venerable ...

January 5 - 2021

One Artist's Inspiration

On Christmas Day 2020, it has officially been 3 years since we moved to the USA.I always had the dream of starting my own art business and spread the joy and beauty of ebru art to people young and young at heart. However it was difficult with my ...

January 4 - 2021

Ebru Exhibition - Now Open

I am thrilled to share that I have been selected as an Artist in Residence 2020 at Serendipity Labs - Wauwatosa, WI with talented artist Ryan Tuck. Large and middle scale abstract artworks will be up by the 2nd week ...

December 3 - 2020

International Holiday Folk Fair

The Holiday Folk Fair is an annual three-day festival celebrating cultures from around the world. Thousands of visitors attend the Fair each year. It is held the weekend before Thanksgiving in West Allis, Wisconsin, at ...

November 12 - 2020

Bridging the Generations Exhibition

On November 3, the Association of Wisconsin Artists ran an amazing event at which I was honored to teach paper marbling to 25 young creative souls. Here are AWA artist, Rita Carpenter's words to summarize our day! "The Bridging Generation ...

October 31 - 2020

Do Ebru @ Butler Library

Beautiful autumn is painting Wisconsin fall colors. It is the perfect time to learn the colorful history, philosophy, and technique of Turkish water marbling, ebru. Come and dive into the world of floating paints on the water. Yesterday, I was at ...

October 27 - 2020

Science of Ebru Art

Ebru, a paper-marbling method that originated in Turkey and central Asia involves a thick liquid, called size, made from substances such as cornstarch. In this method the liquid has to be thickened because the colors used are water-based and would ...

August 10 - 2020

HISTORY OF MARBLING

The Whole Art of Marbling, part of the Bibliomania exhibition on view through April 20, 2019, explores the many-faceted art of paper marbling, drawing on some of the choicest examples in the Beinecke’s collection to illuminate the art’s ...

June 19 - 2020

ART FOR THE SOUL

I found this info Kusadasi forum and liked it a lot, so sharing with Ebru lovers.Water. Few things are as miraculous. Graceful, powerful, mysterious – it’s as precious as life itself. Centuries ago, inspired men and women gazed upon this ...

October 7 - 2019

MILWAUKEE PBS

On October 13th, Tiffany and her crew from Milwaukee PBS Television came to my house to film me doing ebru art for their program, “The Arts Page”.It was a very exciting experience for me. I noticed that there were so many things to ...

June 15 - 2019

A GREAT MASTER

This is an article from Qatar Airway’s flight magazine. Hikmet Barutcugil, one of the best Ebru Artists in Turkey, explains how he started Ebru. It is the same feeling with everyone: love at first sight:)HIKMET BARUTCUGIL IS TURKEY’S ...

January 31 - 2019

ASTROPHYSICS & MARBLING

Ebru is a wonderful medium to teach children different executive function skills. Patience (sustained attention), precision, planning ahead and following instructions are some of them. Especially in the fast paced technology age, children ...

November 28 - 2018

FAREWELL

I am thrilled to announce that we are now officially American residents !!! We moved to Brookfield, WI. on the Christmas Day. So, a new year, a new country, a new job (that is for my husband though) and a new life…I have mixed feelings about ...

April 27 - 2018

SCHOOL FETE

I worked at Perth Montessori School for 3 years as the director of Children's house (3-6). It was such an unforgettable experience for me. One of the precious moments was when we marbled silk scarves with my students for the school fete. Their happy ...

March 3 - 2018

EBRU THERAPY

Mental health is a sensitive issue. All of us deal with our troubles in different ways. In my life, ebru’s therapeutic side holds great significance. When I start doing ebru, I lose track of time and leave behind all my worries. As an ...

December 27 - 2017

Ebru Art is at Dixon Elementary

Ebru Artist in Residence at Dixon Elementary SchoolDecember 2019, Dixon Elementary students had an unforgettable cultural and artistic experience learning all about the traditional art of ebru. Around 700 students from all grades created more than ...

September 15 - 2017

EBRU @ PARLIAMENT

September 2014 was a busy month for me. Intercultural Harmony Society organized a break-fast event at the Parliament of Western Australia for some distinguished guests. at the event, there were many Western Australian Parliamentarians, ...

February 4 - 2016

TYPES OF MARBLING

The first marbling methods were developed in the East when Chinese and Japanese artists began to decorate paper. The form of marbling that was first discovered by Western travelers to the East, is called “Ebru” paper marbling and was ...

May 17 - 2014

CULTURAL HERITAGE OF HUMANITY

Ebru art is listed as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity by UNESCO.Ebru is the traditional Turkish art of creating colourful patterns by sprinkling and brushing colour pigments onto a pan of oily water and then transferring the patterns to ...