Nejia Akovali and her daughter Zeynep Akovali have been coming to Prospect to share the Turkish art of Ebru with the Humanities classes since around 2018 according to Humanities Literature teacher Nicole Stoltz.
The Akovali’s place their natural paint on a solution containing carrageenan, which allows the paint colors to remain separated. They then use a variety of brush techniques to carefully place the paint onto the solution.
Several groups of students were able to participate in the experience, and the classes rotated in and out admiring the process of the art and the finished art from their classmates.
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Humanities students begin to create their own Ebru pieces.
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Krauszowska holds up her completed artwork.
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Students use a variety of techniques — like splattering paint off of the brush — to apply the paint to their canvases.
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Akovali teaches senior Victoria Siadkowska, while her classmates observe from the side.
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Siadkowska receives additional help from Akovail’s mother, Nejia Akovali.
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Nejia performs a demonstration for Siadkowska that reflects her years of experience with Ebru.
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Multiple classes stop by to see the process of the art, and they also take a moment to see the work of her peers that completed a piece of Ebru.
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Classmates watch on as their classmates add finer details to their pieces.
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Senior Anna Siadkowska embraces the art of Ebru with help of Akovali.
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Senior Jessica Stankova (left) continues to form her painting under the supervision of Zeynep Akovali (right), who is helping teach students how to do Ebru.
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Classmates of senior Emilia Krauszowska watch as she is talked through the process of creating Ebru.
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Siadkowska places a piece of paper over her artwork. The paper will help absorb the paint without smearing it around.
