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was not the case, however, for the Tunca family. Herdaughter Gokcen Ilay was introduced to this art whilestudying Ceramic, Glass and Tiling in the OccupationalCollege at Dumlupinar University in Kutahya. Decidingto dedicate her life to this art since she couldnot find a job when she finished the school and turnedto Kutahya, Gokcen Ilay Tunca also had her retiredfather Metin Tunca get introduced to sigrafittovia Lokman Acar, the teacher who introduced her tothis art. The father and the daughter have thus beenworking in the workshop they prepared in their housesince 2007.Metin Tunca tells that he was not very unfamiliar witharts even before he got to know sigrafitto. “I learntbasic painting at school. I used to do oil painting andwater coloring. I also attended a tiling course for twoyears while I was working”. He says. It seems obviousto us that Gokcen Ilay Tunca inherited her artistic talentfrom her father.We ask A. Metin Tunca who dealt with tile beforesigrafitto the most distinctive difference between thetwo. He states that the most distinctive difference isthe fact that the patterns or motives are drawn with abrush in tile, and with a needle in sigrafitto. Also sta-140

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