Gulin makes collections coming out of reflections of existing; the rules of ‘formation and operation’ of life, the hidden unchangeable balances of nature and the elegance of the universe.
After the opening of the Glass Furnace in Istanbul in 2002, glass blowing on an artistic level, became possible in Turkey for the first time. All glass blowing departments in schools in Turkey have started after this pioneer move of The Glass Furnace of Istanbul. Gulin started immediately with the first courses from Jean Pierre Umbdenstock, followed by classes from Janusz Pozniak, Tim Shaw, mostly from Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen and Jasen Johnsen and was allowed to watch Davide Salvadore, Lino Tagliapietra, Nancy Callan, Petr Novotny, Ondrej Novotny, Rob Stern, Scott Chaseling.
Her widely appreciated topic ”Ebru at 1200 degrees” has flourished as she has connected her ‘’ebru’’ classes from Eray Atay to her glassblowing. “Ebru” is a widely used “traditional painting on water” art of the Ottoman period -and is still living today- since 16th C. Her technique to apply the basics of this waterart on glassblowing, at the point where glass on the pipe at its 1200 degrees meets the liquidity basics of water, enables her to work and exercise on principles of liquidity and heat as two of the basic rules of creation-formation of life. According to her, the “flowing law” of nature can bring glass and water together.
Gulin makes her pieces using only glassblowing and hot glass sculpture techniques without using moulds, in order to explore and extend her limits in a free style.
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