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The word marbling is in Turkish EBRU (cloud, cloudy) or abru (Water face) (En Français. It is derived from the word ebre which belongs to one of the older Central Asian languages and it means the “moiré, veined fabric, paper etc…” used for covering some manuscripts and other holy books. Its origin might ultimately hark back to China, where a document from the T’ang dynasty (618-907) mentions a process of coloring paper on water with five hues. Through the Silk Road this art came first to …

25 Responses to “Turkish Islamic art of Marbling (Ebru)”

  1. DebbyDeb says:

    @sharmanti: You would think that, but not really. I work in a museum & occasionally do marbling as a drop-in craft for kids & often adults. I think the nature of color floating on liquid makes it hard to mess up. There is such beauty in the nature of it. Obviously, no one is making anything near what you see in this video, but unless one gets in & stirs the heck out of the paint like they’re mixing cake batter, it turns out and pulling the paper is like watching fireworks–oohs & ahhs!

  2. gta4freakk4 says:

    Amazing. It brought back such beautiful, creative memories of Turkey.

  3. oritlight says:

    FANTASTIC!!!

  4. simonetr81 says:

    Büyülendim…
    Muhteşem. Tek kelimeyle muhteşem.
    Belki de icratı en zor sanatlardan biridir Ebru sanatı… ama yapılırken izlemesi müthiş bir keyif.
    batman7003 bu video’yu eklediğin için tşkler, ellerin dert görmesin. marvelous. stunning. all the s*t*a*r*s to you batman7003 !

  5. JihadUlIslam says:

    Awesome

  6. TrustInIslam says:

    Wow, this is amazing.

  7. jenjito says:

    beautyfull

  8. CoreyisLive88 says:

    Amazing and Beautiful video

  9. Croucer2 says:

    is very cool

  10. avasheridan1987 says:

    Thats amazing and so theraputic to watch.

  11. TheGreatBreadFan says:

    If everyone in the world saw this video and understood the wonders of all cultures arts, then the world would be a better place for everyone. Truely magnificent video.

    Make art, not war.

  12. aliceintrains says:

    Very nice and soothing, my introduction to this style…thank you.

  13. DeeHong says:

    This is amazing! Beautifully Done!

  14. preacain says:

    beautyfull tecnique a very beautyfull art

  15. AllenBowgen says:

    really nice video! and such a beautiful music :) i really enjoyed it.

  16. Igoninas says:

    Super !!!

  17. YUSUF99CEM says:

    Helal Be

  18. live4reall says:

    this is really beatufil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  19. Rapcifan says:

    Osmanli is the bestttttttt

  20. crallllll says:

    Bu video yu izlemeden önce morelim bozuktu video yu izledim beni rahatlattı ekleyen arkadaşa tşk ler.

  21. halisiye says:

    Sanat bu…

  22. Levahn says:

    Practice what you preach bro, such a beautiful video and u find reasons for anger.

  23. warrenlaidler says:

    How do they do this, add inks to water then use a paper to transfer it out?

  24. n2oforce says:

    thats really cool. I am turkish and all my friends in us want to learn it. It is not really hard to learn.

  25. felizuco says:

    [Applause]

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