Free glass processing art workshop from Karatay Municipality

The “Traditional Arts Courses” project, carried out in collaboration with the central Karatay District Municipality of Konya and the Necmettin Erbakan University Traditional Arts Application and Research Center, continues.

Karatay Municipality, which has accomplished significant works until today with projects that contribute to the cultural and artistic life of Konya and Karatay, has added a new link to the “Traditional Arts Courses” project carried out in collaboration with the Necmettin Erbakan University Traditional Arts Application and Research Center. In this context, Semra Tüfekçi, who transfers her profession to young people in the glass art workshop in Konya, has implemented the Glass Art Workshop project in collaboration with Karatay Municipality and Necmettin Erbakan University. Participants in the workshop held at the Karatay Art Center had the opportunity to experience the open flame shaping technique, one of the most beloved techniques of glass art, while also providing a significant opportunity for those interested in this art and wishing to pursue it as their future profession.

“It is a very rooted and traditional handicraft branch”

Emphasizing that glass art is a special field, Glass Processing Artist Semra Tüfekçi highlighted that this art is a very rooted and traditional branch. Semra Tüfekçi stated, “It is a very enjoyable field and it engages both sides of the brain. When you are doing this work, you have no worries or troubles in your mind. It is a very enjoyable art form because you are entirely focused on the work. We encounter glass processing artists in the records of the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, and there are information and documents indicating that certain fees were paid to them for the work they did. Therefore, glass processing is indeed a very rooted and traditional handicraft branch. We are doing our best to ensure that this branch is not forgotten. I would like to thank Karatay Municipality and the Necmettin Erbakan University Traditional Arts Application and Research Center for supporting us in this regard and connecting us with the participants.”