THE GRANDMASTER MUSTAFA DUZGUNMAN (1920-1990)

Born and died in Uskudar. While managing his late father's herbal shop to earn his leaving, Duzgunman learned the arts of marbling and bookbinding from his mother's uncle Necmeddin Okyay. Attending the Fine Arts Academy as a guest student, he expanded on the "floral marbling" technique he had learned from his teacher and uncle Necmeddin Okyay and produced very beautiful works, especially in the "daisy and violet" style. Considered the grandmaster of contemporary marbling artists, Duzgunman was a perfectionist of classical Turkish marbling and did not approve of experimenting with the art.

One of two famous marbling masters trained by Mustafa Duzgunman (the other is Alparslan Babaoglu). Born in Erzurum in 1953, Basar was a student of Hamit Aytac and became a famous calligrapher. The artist, a marbling craftsmen since 198, works on the art on a professional basis and produces marbling on many different materials.

ALPARSLAN BABAOGLU

Born in Ankara in 1957. The artist, an electronics engineer by profession, has approved to be a very successful marbler. His exquisite floral designs earned Mustafa Duzgunman's comment: "Alparslan's flowers are better than mine".

Born in Istanbul in 1920. The artist, a retired navy colonel, is well-known for his historical research on the marbling as well as for his archives of books, booklets, and documents on the art and for his collection of foreign and Turkish marbling samples. Hepgul has many students in Istanbul. He is responsible for training the marbling artists Meliha Erdogan, Muzaffer Karasu, Sukriye Oylupinar and Beki Almelek, to name a few.

FERIDUN OZGOREN

Born in Istanbul, 1942. He has been residing in United States since 1973. Beginning the craft in 1981, his instructor was Niyazi Sayin. Ozgoren works on large sheet of paper using a variety of techniques. His "Akkase" (white

TASKIN SAVAS

Born in Istanbul, 1947. He is a musician and professional marbler. The artist deals in marbling at the antique bazaar and has produced marbling on fabrics and felt.

NEDIM SONMEZ

This artist residing in Germany since 1980, was born in Havsa (Edirne) in 1957. He is a graduate of Istanbul University's Faculty of Business Administration . Sonmez works on the art of marbling with his wife. Using marbling in painting, too, Sonmez has exhibited in Germany, The United States, Switzerland and Sweden.