TOMBAK

"Turning copper into art" Our company has been at your service at the biggest historical shopping centre in Turkey for 17 years.
Our products are made in authentic nays in our workshops which are in the different regions of Anatolia. Your Special requierments may also be produced.

THE PHASES TURNING COPPER A WORK OF ART:
Processed and rendered into sheet from using eylinders called rolling mils in the factories.
The hammering masters cut these sheets intshapes suitable for the item they are going to make and Shape it using onlyhammer and solder.
Pasha Braziers, ewers, one piece vases, Semavars, coffeepots, capped rice plates, trays, palace vases, are copper items that have come out of the hands of our skilled masters.

The proficiency in this work depends on proper shapin an the number of hammer strokes. It is said that around 3000 strokes are given per square centimeter.
Just like the number of loops in carpet making. The value of a copper item is measure by the number of hammer strokes. Frequent use of turning-lathe decreases quality, because sheets used with turning-lathers are unnecessarily thin. The copper items shapet by our hammering masters are delivered to the decorators for engraving and ornamentation work.

APPLICATION TECHNIQUE OF MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAYING ART
The basic materials used are first quality chestnut or alder and mother-of-pearl collected especially from the Red Sea, reminiscent of big and colored mussels. One of the classical Ottoman handicrafts, "Mother- of -Pearl inlaying (or repaisse)" is still alive in workshop of Gaziantep, a south eastern Anatolian city which apply teh ancient and orginal metods.
Sarcophaguses, Lecterns, Mounds, Tripods, Charis, Daggers, Swords, Backgammonboards, Frames and Souvenirs of similar kinds, which are products of this craft raise great interest and admiration around the world.

We wholesale as well as retail.
To contact:
Adress:Koloncular Sokak No : 12 KAPALIÇARŞI - ISTANBUL
Phone : 00 90 212 527 64 09
     Fax : 00 90 212 527 64 09
www.uygurtombak.com          tombak@uygurtombak.com
General Maneger
Taner Uygur