A- TRADITIONAL EBRU

1- Battal : The oldest recorded style in Ebru. It is the base of all forms in paper marbling art. The paints stay as they drop off the brush no other effect is given.

2- Tidal : After having a battal base, it is formed by zigzag movements parallel to the sides of the basin. This tidal movement is sometimes applied diagonally as well.

3- Shawl : Formed by an evenly spreading of two or three ‘S’ shapes on a tidal ebru in the opposite direction of the last tidal move.

4- Nightingale Nest : Formed by inside to outside spiral movements next to each other on a battal ebru.

5- Combed : A vertically made tidal ebru is combed in the opposite direction of the last tidal movement.

6- Sandy : Formed by continuously dropping of low density paint on an extremely thickened basin and letting the work sit for a long time. The surface tension is high in an extremely thickened basin. The low density paint is going to be pressured under the high tension of the surface and after a while crack and form the sandy or bony ebru.

7- Light : Paints are diluted more than in other ebru types. Light ebru is usually used as a base to perform calligraphy.

8- Orator : Motifs are formed by giving movement effects to the paints that are distributed evenly within each other on the surface. Colors at the background are light, motif colors are intense.

9- Reflection : Forming pattern or writing by getting more than one reflection of ebru on the same paper. Interior surface of the pattern or the writing is covered with a fluid made of acacia Senegal or commonly known as gum Arabic tree. When the paper is marbled with darker colors than the first time, the gummed surface will not absorb the paint and is going to appear as a lightly marbled form. If the exterior surface of the pattern or the writing is gummed then the interior surface of the pattern will appear as darkly marbled.

10- Wavy : When the paper is moved back and forth during the marbling, the result will appear as waves on the paper. The paper can be folded, (creases point the surface) when each move contacts with a crease it will change direction and will form the waves on the paper. Waves can be formed only if the movement has a regular rhythm.


B- FLOWERED EBRU

Forms of flower motifs are applied on battal ebru. Application process is quite different from oil painting. Ebru master has to form the flowers and get the image on paper rapidly, before the paints on the water start cracking. Therefore this art should not be compared with the art of painting.

Artéquité is presenting you the following mixed assortment of fine flowered ebru :

a- Tulip
b- Carnation
c- Hyacinth
d- Flower bunch
e- Multicolored violet
f- Camomile / Daisy
g- Poppy
h- Rose