Water marbling wins hearts
Marbling, one of the most unique and beautiful forms of Turkish art, is winning hearts in Bahrain through an exhibition and workshops held by Suna Koçal, one of Turkey’s well-known experts.
Known in Turkish Ebru, water marbling creates colourful patterns by sprinkling and brushing colour pigments on a pan of oily water and then carefully placing the paper on the surface of the water in order to absorb the dye.
Suna said that she was pleased and proud to be back in Bahrain and to reach out to the community of artists and art lovers to share with them insights into the special decorative art.
Introduced to the art at the age of 21, she has been working with great passion, holding exhibitions and workshops in several countries.
Suna took her first lesson in Ebru art from Hikmet Barutçugil in Turkey in 2001. From then on, it was the way forward for her. She worked arduously and passionately on improving her skills and creating her own style alongside developing her traditional techniques.
Today, as an accomplished artist, she is keen on sharing her love for the art with like-minded people and she continues to teach and offer workshops in Ebru art in traditional styles under the Turkish Ministry of Culture in Yalova, in northwestern Turkey, since 2010 and in ‘Mutlu Çocuk Akademisi’, an academy in Yalova, since 2011.
“One drawing may take me more than one week as the art and the work on miniatures require great attention to details, patience and dedication,” she said as she opened her exhibition in the Bahraini capital Manama.
Turkish Ambassador to Bahrain Hatun Demirer, known for her strong penchant for arts, hailed the exhibition and invited people interested in the art and those who wanted to learn more about it to visit the exhibition at the Arts Centre and to take part in the workshops.
Photo Caption: Suna Koçal demonstrating water marbling art at the exhibition
PICS: BIJU HARIDAS
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