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Telkari: A unique Turkish art made-up with wired silver with patience at skilled-hands.

Telkari is a special word meaning wire-crafting, or silver processing more exactly, and unique to Mardin and its surroundings, Turkey. Craftsmanship of Telkari art goes back as old as the history of Mardin city, so lays back to 3.000 B.C. It emerged and evolved in the wealthy lands of Upper Mesopotamia and made its course to our days through master-and-apperentice relation with an ever-qualifying process in time.

As It is always at most of traditional arts, all materials to be used at Telkari are made up by craftsman himself. Raw silver first melted by being passed through a string-like machinery to reach the tiny tickness as small as almost a hair by special techniques at the skillfull hands of the craftsman after a very time-consuming procedure. After that it goes into its final 2 stages: first backbone of the craft is formed then blank sections at the backbone is finely crafted with patience.

Telkari is folded with craftsman’s feelings, imaginery, passion and refinements and turns into its final products as necklaces, earrings, bracelets, anklets, belts or so on, to be weared by ladies. However, Telkari is not limited for jewellery purposes only. Decorative stuffs and kitchen items such as vases, photo frames, icons, candle-holders, plates, sugar bowls, tea sets with many others can be made.
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Telkari
"Tel ile yap?lan sanat" olan Telkariye, ayn? zamanda "vav isi" de denir. Bu isim Osmanl?ca vav harfinin, uygulamada motif olarak s?kca kullan?lmas?ndan dolay? verilmistir. Ayr?ca bu sanata "cift isi" diyenler de vard?r. Bu ismin kaynag? ise, isin yap?m? s?ras?nda parcalar?n teker teker biraraya getirilmesinde kullan?lan c?mb?za benzer ancak uc k?sm? daha ince olan ve "cift" olarak isimlendirilen alettir.

Telkari ustas?, kullanacag? telleri kendi atolyesinde ham maddeden elde eder. Ocakta kap icersinde eritilen maden cubuk haline getirilmek icin kal?ba dokulur. Maden olarak genellikle gumus veya alt?n kullan?l?r. Yap?lacak isin sekline gore cubuk dokum uzerinde genisten dara dogru delikleri olan celikten yap?lm?s haddeden gecirilir. Haddenin genis taraf?ndan sokulan tel diger taraftan cekilerek uzat?l?r ve ayn? zamanda incelir. Islem esnas?nda sertlesir, tavlan?r ve bir sure (kor haline gelinceye kadar) bekletilir ve daha sonra balmumuna dald?r?l?r. Usta bu islem esnas?nda manda derisinden yap?lm?s, uzerinde madeni halkalar olan kal?n bir kusak baglar. Kol gucu yetmedigi zaman madeni bu halkalara takar ve beden gucunu de zaman zaman kullan?r. Bu yorucu cal?sma baslang?c?nda 0.5 cm. olan gumus, islem sonunda 1 mm.'lik ince bir tel haline gelir.

Her telkari isi iki ana k?s?mdan olusur. Birincisi; isin ana iskeleti olan "muntac", digeri ise muntac icine yerlestirilmis vav, kake, t?rt?l, gul, dudey vb. adlarla an?lan her biri farkl? bicimde olan motiflerdir. Cal?smaya muntac yap?m?yla baslan?r (ana iskelet), muntac?n tel kal?nl?g? motiflerin tel kal?nl?g?n?n iki kat?d?r. Daha sonra ara bosluklar sab?r ile doldurulur. Tezgah olarak ceviz agac?ndan kesilmis duz bir sat?h kullan?l?r. Titizlik ve sab?r isteyen bu cal?sma esnas?nda motifler haz?rlan?r. Birlestirme islemi en zahmetli k?sm?d?r zira milimetrik tellerin kaynakla birlestirilmesi islemi cok zordur. Bunun icin once, ayar? belli bir olcude dusurulen gumus, egelenerek kucuk tanecikler halinde bir guderi parcas? icine toplan?r. Egelenmis gumus bir kaba konur ve icersine toz boraks kat?l?r. Suya dald?r?ld?ktan sonra amyant uzerine yerlestirilen ana iskeletin her parcas? bu gumus-boraks kar?s?m? ile kaynak yap?larak birlestirilir. Motif yerlestirme islemi kaynakla yap?l?r.

Telkariden yap?lan isler cok cesitlidir. Tutun kutusu, sigara ag?zl?klar?, aynalar, tepsiler, kemerler. Bu sanat?n kaynag?n?n eski M?s?r oldugu san?lmaktad?r. Yurdumuzda ise en onemli telkari merkezi Mardin'in Midyat ilcesi olmustur.

Yap?lan eserlerin uzerine imza ve tarih atma zorlugu oldugu icin degerli ustalar?n kimliklerini cozmek cok zordur. Ancak; duz cal?smalarda eserin bir kenar?na celik kalemle imza at?l?r.

Goldstone is a manmade gemstone using glass and copper, which are meld together under flame. The little pieces of copper give it it's very shiny, sparkly look! It is made in a few colors, and the Blue Goldstone is one of my favorites as it reminds me of the night sky :)

Every two inches is a small Sterling Silver round bead, and the anklet is finished off with several more Sterling beads and Lobster Claw clasp. Total length is 11.5" or 29cm (this can be adjusted)