Turkish marbling

As colours create magic on paper, so can they on water! It’s true that painting on water creates wonders. An art form that is so appealing and yet unknown to many. I was amazed to see how it is don…

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Wolfe and Miura: Gold vein Overprinted over Turkish pattern. Though related in terms of end appearance, an 'overprint' is not the same process as 'Double marble' (Miura pgs 120-121). A double marble is created when a single paper has been through the marbling process twice where both patterns are on top of one another. An overprint is created when a paper, already marbled, is then printed on top of with another pattern using a lithographic process. This pattern is created by first…

Ebru, also known as paper marbling, is the Turkish tradition of painting on water, and it creates this beautiful design that looks just like marble!

AI Generative marbling art on cotton fabric abstract backgroundTraditional Turkish Ebru art technique, technique, #Ad, #Ebru, #Turkish, #Ad

Ebru/ marbled paper by Mai HAtti.

Wolfe and Miura: Turkish pattern. Historically, this is the oldest of Western marbled patterns and dates back to as early as the middle part of the 15th century. This pattern is created when one or more colors are thrown onto the surface of the bath using a marbling brush. The first colors thrown tend to constrict as other follow and become the 'vein' colors for the latter thrown inks. In this case however, Guyot added dropped of ink sequentially and each new color was added to a specific…

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 Les Arts Turcs in Sultanahmet. By the end of the entertaining session, we had managed to create a few minor masterpieces.