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Maturity in Marblingby Sadreddin OZCIMIOne can AchieveHis Goal Only by Walkingon the Path to it as He should.Marbling is an art which the stalk of the brushderiving from the rose tree and brushes are madeof horse tail.The reason of preferring the rosetree is that,it doesn’t corrode and stretch whilescattering the colors,addition,it doesn’t harm tofingers.The art of marbling has also tradition likeall classic-Turkish-Islamic arts.This tradition is in all phases,materials used,theresulting patterns,art teaching methods, andmust absolutely followed.One of the most importantfeatures of marbling tradition is thatdoesn’t fade in the sun and acid,free of harmfulsubstances .The main reason why natural dyes are used onTurkish marbling is no way of getting dyes exceptnature through the history and the insistenceof the latest marbling artists on imitatingtheir masters. The other reason why the earthdyes are not used doesn’t fade in the sun. Natureoffers wide range of colors that resist fadingto the marbling artists. Dyes are obtained bycrushing measuring approximately 50x50 cms ona flat marble dest-seng (hand stone)Adding a quantity water to the handful of dye,dyeforms into mud. Whether the dye is crushed or notfully understood on the boat. After doing someexperience,the marbling artist finds out which dyeand how long it must be. Tragacanth is used in orderto give consistency and stickness on sprinkingwater. According to Mr Ugur Derman, NecmeddinOkyay tried tragacanth, sahlep, seed, quinceseeds, to have the best results, to increase consistency,then chose sahlep but since it is high cost,his final decision became tragacanth.Nowadays,”caragen” which is extracted from thecoast of Norway is preferred since its intensive thickener.Cattle gall is added the dyes on tragacanthsince it can swim without sinking. Pine naphthawhich is used for making naphtha marbling is notfound anymore. Today turpentine is used instead.Uncoated paper is preferred on marbling. 80-90gr is suitable not to be torn.In Turkish marblingtradition, paper is not trained by stud and removesfrom longer side which is close to marbling artist.Every marbling artist should have combs producedwith different tine gaps. These combs are done by88