 Sofa Newyork 2008
Devoted to promoting and preserving Turkish culture, art and heritage
Cam Atolyesi / Erkin SAYGI - Ruhcan TOPALOGLU
Venue: Newyork
Date: June 2008 |
Sofa Chicago 2007
Devoted to promoting and preserving Turkish culture, art and heritage
Cam Atolyesi / Erkin SAYGI - Ruhcan TOPALOGLU
Venue: Chicago
Date: October 2007 |
 Glass & Beyond
Cam Atolyesi / Erkin SAYGI - Ruhcan TOPALOGLU
Venue: FMV Art Gallery
Date: 6 - 20 April 2006
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 Origin The London Craft Fair
Cam Atolyesi / Erkin SAYGI - Ruhcan TOPALOGLU
Venue: Origin Art Fair
Date: 1 - 7 October 2006 |
 Glass & Beyond
Cam Atolyesi / Erkin SAYGI - Ruhcan TOPALOGLU
Venue: Pg Art Gallery, Cevdetpasa Cd. No:15/3 Bebek - Istanbul / TURKEY
Date: 8 November 2005 - 4 December 2005 |
 Artistic reflections on Glass
Venetian Masters and Turkish Artists
Venue: Dolmabahce Sarayı, Istanbul - TURKEY
Date: 1 May 2005 - 1 July 2005 |
 The yesterday and today of Beykoz...
The Cut-Glass, Cesm-i Bulbul (The Eye of The Nightingale) and Opalin Items, and The Contemporary Interpretations by Cam Atolyesi
Venue: Topkapi Palace Serbethane Section
Date: 12 November 2003 - 12 February 2004
The Cam Atolyesi Collection
With the Cam Atolyesi project, Erkin Saygi has put forward another new creative yield of his career in the area of glassware of more than 35 years. Together with Ruçhan Topaloğlu, he tries to protect the heritage of Beykoz glass-making in Beykoz, which is the oldest center of traditional Turkish glass-making in Istanbul, and creates the most difficult items of the contemporary glass making art in various fields.
When you carefully look at these items produced with great dexterity at Cam Atolyesi, you can feel the thousands of years of designing tradition of the Anatolian glassware masters... When you look at them more closely, you will see the textures and tracks of the items made by ancient Roman craftsmen, which are exhibited in museums today. And if you touch on the deep cuts of these glass items, you will feel as if you are touching on the oldest and most prestigious pages of the heritage of European glass making art. Yet, if you hold these items near to your ears, you will hear the voice of the creativity of Beykoz glass making. |
Respect to Glass
Turks Glass