“Marbling tub is a place where you settle accounts with yourself” Ebru ZEREY Accounting Specialist /TAV Istanbul

Can you tell us about your work at TAV Istanbul?
Ebru ZEREY: I started working as an Accounting Specialist at TAV Istanbul in April 2006 and I am still working as an Accounting Specialist at TAV Istanbul.

Since when have you been interested in Marbling Art?
E.Z.: I find Islamic Art to be very esthetic and I am fond of it. This sense of fondness is the source my interest in Marbling Art. By the favor of a friend of mine, I met my master Hikmet Barutçugil, one of the greatest masters of this art. Since September 2009 I am attending marbling art courses led by him and other distinguished masters at “Ebristan Ebru Evi” (Ebristan Marbling House) at Usküdar, Istanbul.

Having such a hobby in your life, does it contribute to your work?
E.Z.: Marbling art is a branch of art which requires a great deal of concentration and very hard work. With these characteristics, it resembles my work at TAV Istanbul, because accounting also requires being very careful and working hard without getting tired. Your first marbling may not be so good but still you can not give up. Just go on working and better works of art will come out.

What kind of marbling art patterns do you prefer to make?
E.Z.: I like working on flower patterns; tulips, carnations, roses, hyacinths... I usually work with pastel colors like light pink, blue. I think these colors reflect my inner world.

On which objects can marbling be applied?
E.Z.: I made New Year presents by covering cube blocks with marbling art patterns and gave them to my friends. You can apply marbling art to clothing, fabrics, tea cups and saucers, walls... to any kind of surface you like.

What do you advice to those who want to take marbling art lessons?
E.Z.: This form of art really depends on willingness, if you are willing to learn, this art will attract you. I propose this to everyone who wants to get rid of the daily stress and be alone by herself/himself.

Is it like some kind of therapy?
E.Z.: Marbling art tub is a place where you are alone with your mood, with your inner world. In one way, marbling art tub is a place where you settle accounts with yourself. In marbling art there is no place for negative thoughts and bitterness. In the first few lessons they teach us that water has its own energy and that this energy will take out the negative electricity on us and the negative thoughts in our minds. We all work on the marbling tub calmly, with an inner peace and away from negative thoughts.