The word kat means cut in Arabic. Derived from this word, 'Kati' is an art of ornamentation performed by carving a pattern or stack of writing from layers such as paper or leather. It is the work that is brought to the body by cutting out the writing, motif on a paper or leather with a pencil sharpener and sticking the carved part or the removed part on another paper, a leather or a glass. When this shape is cut and removed, the part of the paper that remains empty is called female, and the resulting text and shape is called male. These male or female shapes can be attached to a separate surface to create two different plates. There are also solid works made of leather. Works made of both leather and paper are called mukatta, and those who do them are called katta. The oldest examples are the works made using leather. They date back to the 14th century. Paper works, on the other hand, started to be seen from the 15th century.
It was widely used in the Ottomans from the beginning of the 16th century, and Turkish solid' works exhibited a unique development. Especially during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent (1520, 1566), it has been used in book decoration almost as widely as illumination.
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CALLIGRAPHY Calligraphy is the art of aesthetic writing with the letters of the Qur’an. The people who practice this art are called calligraphers (hattat) .
STRING ART String Art is a relaxing art that consists of transferring a motif or pattern to paper, fixing this paper on wooden material, nailing the nails on the lines in the pattern in a regular way, and passing the wires through these nails using certain knitting techniques.
THE ART OF WIRE BREAKING Wire breaking, also known as "Bartın Work", is one of our precious arts that dates back to the 17th century and has survived to the present day.
Art of Ceramics Ceramic is a piece of terracotta made from a kind of clay soil, baked in an oven, glazed on a surface, decorated with various colors and motifs.
SILVER WORKING It is estimated that silver, a precious, shiny, white metal, was used first in 4000 BC. The silver ring, is the first object which reached our age from ancient civilizations, belongs to the Copper Age and was found in Denizli Beycesultan.
PAPER RELIEF Relief is a word of French origin. The raising or sinking operations on the surface are called relief. It usually means placing historical structures, human figures or works that are suitable for the model by giving dimension to the table with auxiliary materials.
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