EBRU

Christopher Rose, our PDO coordinator at University of Texas, Austin, asked for orientation ideas when several speakers dropped out (for legitimate reasons). Suggested topics included the Kurdish situation and Istanbul's history. However, Chris liked my suggestion about inviting a specialist from the fine arts department to demonstrate and inform us about ebru, Iznik tiles, and Turkish carpets. In fact, he noted that the father of one of the speakers is an ebru master. Ebru is the Turkish art of making marbelized paper--water marbling--with stylized tulips usually incorporated into the design.