Award winning Turkish miniature artist Gulay Pelin is recognised as Australia’s one of distinct miniature artists whose unique and contemporary art charmingly bridges Turkish miniature from past to present. “Fusing traditional and contemporary miniature art within its own uniqueness and intricacy offers a delightful experience that is too captivating for viewers to explore further at every look.” Gulay has a BA degree with 1st place...

Turkish Art Land A manual for Art students, teachers and art lovers by the Australian Turkish Cultural Platform (ATCP) Inc. With contributions by Mrs Gulay Pelin (Miniature) Dr Suleyman Berk (Calligraphy) Dr Munevver Ucer (Illumination) Mrs Esengul Inalpulat (Turkish Marbling) Mrs Sema Aksoy (Felt) Mr Seyit Ahmet Depeler (Calligraphy) MISSION To educate and showcase “Traditional Turkish Book Arts” such as Callihraphy (hat), illumination...

In this issue Nur Shkembi introduces us to the world of Contemporary Turkish Miniature Art. FEATURED ARTIST: Gulay Pelin Turkish miniature artist, Gulay Pelin, is recognised as one of Australia’s most unique miniature artists. Through her contemporary interpretations, Pelin draws on the rich symbolism of the traditional miniature, the time-honoured techniques of paper marbling (ebru) and the illumination or gilding techniques of the...

Discover Turkey in Victoria Tesselaar Tulip Festival – Turkish Weekend Celebrating the Origin of the Tulip Saturday and Sunday, 17 – 18 September 2011 10am to 5pm each day 357 Monbulk Road, Silvan Many people don’t realise the tulip originated in Turkey. Turkey hosted the world’s first Tulip Festival more than 400 years ago, the love for the Tulip and the tradition is still strong in Victoria today. The Tesselaar Tulip...