in a short time, we ask him to make a ringfor us. Taking the pieces of wastepaper onthe table, he cuts them into strips. He thenforms a spiral by intertwining thestrips.He then finds a pieceof colorful glazed paper onthe table, cuts it and gluesit onto the strip. He tellsus that the top of the ring is done, andthe only thing left is to add a ring whichcould be bought at any jewellery, andspread varnish on the buckle while wewatch pieces of wastepaper turn intoa beautiful ring with amazement.He tells that he does paint thepaper although rarely, but thathe likes the original look ofthe paper better. He also statesthat varnish does not onlyprolong the life of the jewel, butalso makes it more attractive dueto its glassy look. He then continuesas follows: “Those who see the jewelscan not believe that they consist of paperand varnish only. I think the materialsI use form a great harmony, and I canthus produce original things.”Ney Out of PaperWhat took Mr. Kart who also produces ornamentsalong with jewels longest to produce was ney he madeout of paper with love and desire. He tells his experienceswhile he was trying to produce the identical of hisnephew’s broken ney with the following words: “Theney was broken. I kept turning it over and over in myhands for hours, calculating the measure of its holesand doing a lot of math. It was really tough to make aninstrument as ney out of paper, but I think we eventuallymanaged it. It was a bit amateurish, but we werereally enthusiastic about it, and my nephew still uses it.We also receive positive feedback from listeners.” Uponhearing this, we tell Mr. Kart that we listened to the soundof the ney on the internet, and we liked the wayit sounded although we are not professional about it.Words of Wisdom Written on Prayer BeadsWith a smile, Mr. Kart also adds that he produces prayerbeads out of paper. Wondering about it, we ask him totalk a bit about it. When he finished his first prayer beadsout of paper in a very short time, he showed it toan expert prayer bead collector. The collector told himthat the idea of making prayer beads out of paper wasa good one, but his workmanship was very bad, tellinghim the criteria for making good prayer beads. It wasonly after a research that took him 3 years that his prayerbeads were liked by the collectors. Stating that prayerbeads have other culturalpurposes and meaningsthan religious ones, Mr.Kart reminds that they areoften inherited to next generations,and adds the following:“For this reason, theyhave a special meaning and valuefor me as well. I thus wantedto design something noone did before,and wrote my will on each beadin a prayer bead that consists of 33 beads.I revealed the will written on the firstbead only to my daughters. The will on theother beads they will be able to learn after Ipass away. Actually, my will consists of wordsof wisdom. People usually do not listen totheir father’s words of wisdom when theirfathers are alive, but when their fathersdie, they always talk about what he said,beginning with the expression “My latefather said”.We also learn from Mr. Kart that he preparedmany prayer beads which contain hiswords of wisdom after his production, and thathe received orders even from Denmark. We alsolearn that it takes more than 2 months to makesuch prayer beads, and that 30 layers of varnishis spread on each bead. Stating that the glassy look ofvarnish makes it difficult for people to realize what materialthe prayer beads are made of, Mr. Kart adds thatpeople think they are made of glass in which picturesare placed. When we ask the prices of the prayer beads,we learn from him that the prices vary between 60and 6000 TL. He shows us the prayer beads which tookhim a long time to make, and which contains the pictureof an Ottoman sultan on each bead. When we takethe prayer beads in our hands, we can see how wastepaperturns into something precious.Stories Hidden in PendantsMr. Kart is one of those who believes that every singlegrain in the world has a story and a reason of existence.He believes that objects have their own languages, andtheir own reasons for existing. Inspired by this opinion,he places gnomic words of wisdom and parables inthe pendants he makes out of paper. He states that hehas received up to 500 orders from such pendants, andemphasizes that he designs each pendant differently,and writes a different parable on each of them. “Everyonedeserves to be privileged. The person who wearsthe necklace ends up becoming a part of the story writtenin it.” He says, and states that some customers sendthe poem or the story they want written in their ownpendants, and adds the following: “Sometimes customersdraw the design in their mind and send it to me. I120
tell them that I will make something similar,not promising to be completely loyalto the design they sent me. I havea spirit that likes to work freely. MostlyI myself can not be loyal to what I design,because the piece of paper in myhand resists to my design, and ends upbeing what it wants to be. Most ofthe time I myself am curiousabout what I will eventuallyend up producing,because mostof the time myhands move independentlyfromme.”Having attended many TV showsso far, Mr. Kart wants to introducethis art to a larger audience,and his dream is makingthe world to associate the art of paperjewels with Turkey, just as they associate origamywith Japan. “Branches like arts and sportsenable people to advertise their countryin the easiest way. Turkey has discoveredthis necessity in the sports.Hopefully more incentives will beput into effect regarding arts aswell”. He says, and expresseshis aim to open a workshopwhere he can teach this art tothe interested young learners.121
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