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this art”. Being single those days and having nothing elseto do, he decides to be the disciple of this art. He opensa tray and tries to do marbling with various paints basedon the descriptions in Ugur Derman’s book. He then takesthese marblings to the Embroidery House in the TopkapiPalace, and shows them to Cahide Keskiner and SemihIrtes. His teachers always encourage him to keep on. But itis later realized that encouragement only does not suffice,but engagement is needed as well.Respect for the Master Leads him to the MasterBeginning to learn marbling in the Embroidery Houseof the Topkapi Palace in 1984, Mr. Babaoglu receives anoffer a year later. After being restored, the SultanahmetCedit Mehmed Efendi Madrassah has become “The Centerof the Istanbulian Arts”. Each cell in the madrasssah isdedicated to a separate art, and one cell is offered to theyoung marbling artist. The young marbler accepts this offer,which will later direct him to another occasion.Mr. Babaoglu who says “I accepted the offer, but theywanted to hang also Mustafa Duzgunman’s marblings onthe walls of the cell, and I rejected it”, does not compromisethe tradition by not allowing Mustafa Duzgunman’smarblings to be hung on the walls on the opening day.Here is how he explains his valid excuse: “In those days, itwas not possible for anyone else to do marbling like MustafaDuzgunman. Thus, I thought that those who wouldwalk past my cell would think that it was me who didthem but Mustafa Duzgunman, and that it would be irrespectfulto the master. That’s why I did not allow them tohang his marblings on the walls of my cell”. Of course, noone can say a word against this noble behaviour, and Mr.Duzgunman’s marblings are sent to another cell. Istanbulis small with less people in those days, and thus, a noblebehaviour shown in Sultanahmet at midday is heard inUskudar before midnight. Mr. Babaoglu’s noble behaviouris reported to Mr.. Duzgunman. “Send that boy to me!”he commands. It would be realized years later that Mr.Duzgunman who was recognized as “a mean old man”by many, found deep meanings in one single sentence utteredby a young apprentice.Another Frequenter to the Herb shopTo respond to this invitation, Mr. Babaoglu goes to Mr.Duzgunman’s shop on a Friday in 1985. The enthusiasticyoung boy meets the peak of this art worldwide at hisplace. With the invitation “I host guests in my workshopat 10 o’clock every Sunday. Come this Sunday, and let’ssee your marblings”, he becomes Mr. Duzgunman’s disciple.While he is telling us how he met his master teacher,Mr. Babaoglu is also marbling a tulip on his tray, and the10