Black Beauty of Khatt, Soot Inks from Past to Present: Applications and Results

Yunus Emre Çelik

Makale detayları

Black Beauty of Khatt, Soot Inks from Past to Present: Applications and Results

Yazarlar:

Yunus Emre Çelik

Yayıncı:

Dokuz Eylul University

Ana Başlıklar:

El Sanatları | Güzel Sanatlar

Dergi:

Yedi Issue 34, pp.55-68

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

7/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001343164

pISSN:

1307-9840

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Özet:

 Ink remains one of the primary materials for writingprintingduplicating even in contemporary times. Based on this feature, many experiments and much research have been conducted on ink at the technical and aesthetic level, and these accumulated experiences have become a cultural value transmitted both through written literature and master-apprentice tradition. Throughout history, soot inks have emerged as the most videly used and the most developed type in this context. Soot inks, which constitute the subject of this study, have been an indispensable component of traditional Turkish arts, especially in the art of calligraphy. Various texts have been written on soot ink, which is of great importance in terms of tone, fluidity and permanence in the aesthetic act of writing, and ink production has become a separate branch of art through ink making, which constitutes a branch of industry. While the quality problems of the soot-based inks used in calligraphy still persist today, this study aims to contribute to their resolution by carrying the accumulation of the past to the present through applications. During the research, the recipes obtained from old texts were reapplied and the results were evaluated. The results obtained were tried to be improved by experimenting on the recipes in line with the features that a good ink should have. As a result of the applications, it was tried to determine what the materials used were for, the positive and negative results they caused, their effects on the elements that make the ink valuable, such as tone and fluidity, and solutions were discussed. Proportional results were analyzed about the factors determining ink quality such as soot quality and gum quantity.

 Ink remains one of the primary materials for writingprintingduplicating even in contemporary times. Based on this feature, many experiments and much research have been conducted on ink at the technical and aesthetic level, and these accumulated experiences have become a cultural value transmitted both through written literature and master-apprentice tradition. Throughout history, soot inks have emerged as the most videly used and the most developed type in this context. Soot inks, which constitute the subject of this study, have been an indispensable component of traditional Turkish arts, especially in the art of calligraphy. Various texts have been written on soot ink, which is of great importance in terms of tone, fluidity and permanence in the aesthetic act of writing, and ink production has become a separate branch of art through ink making, which constitutes a branch of industry. While the quality problems of the soot-based inks used in calligraphy still persist today, this study aims to contribute to their resolution by carrying the accumulation of the past to the present through applications. During the research, the recipes obtained from old texts were reapplied and the results were evaluated. The results obtained were tried to be improved by experimenting on the recipes in line with the features that a good ink should have. As a result of the applications, it was tried to determine what the materials used were for, the positive and negative results they caused, their effects on the elements that make the ink valuable, such as tone and fluidity, and solutions were discussed. Proportional results were analyzed about the factors determining ink quality such as soot quality and gum quantity.

 Ink remains one of the primary materials for writingprintingduplicating even in contemporary times. Based on this feature, many experiments and much research have been conducted on ink at the technical and aesthetic level, and these accumulated experiences have become a cultural value transmitted both through written literature and master-apprentice tradition. Throughout history, soot inks have emerged as the most videly used and the most developed type in this context. Soot inks, which constitute the subject of this study, have been an indispensable component of traditional Turkish arts, especially in the art of calligraphy. Various texts have been written on soot ink, which is of great importance in terms of tone, fluidity and permanence in the aesthetic act of writing, and ink production has become a separate branch of art through ink making, which constitutes a branch of industry. While the quality problems of the soot-based inks used in calligraphy still persist today, this study aims to contribute to their resolution by carrying the accumulation of the past to the present through applications. During the research, the recipes obtained from old texts were reapplied and the results were evaluated. The results obtained were tried to be improved by experimenting on the recipes in line with the features that a good ink should have. As a result of the applications, it was tried to determine what the materials used were for, the positive and negative results they caused, their effects on the elements that make the ink valuable, such as tone and fluidity, and solutions were discussed. Proportional results were analyzed about the factors determining ink quality such as soot quality and gum quantity.

 Mürekkep, günümüzde dahi yazmabasmaçoğaltma eylemi için birincil malzemelerdendir. Bu özelliğine bağlı olarak mürekkep üzerine teknik ve estetik düzeyde birçok deneme ve araştırmalar yapılmış ve bu tecrübeler hem yazılı literatür hem de usta-çırak ilişkisiyle taşınan bir değer olmuştur. Tarih boyunca özellikle isten üretilen mürekkepler, bu bağlamda en çok kullanılan ve geliştirilen bir tür olarak bugüne ulaşmıştır. Çalışmanın konusunu oluşturan is mürekkepleri, geleneksel Türk sanatları içinde hususiyetle hat sanatı için vazgeçilmez bir unsur olmuştur. Estetik bir yazma eyleminde ton, akışkanlık ve kalıcılık gibi yönlerden büyük önem taşıyan is mürekkebi üzerine çeşitli metinler kaleme alınmış, bir sanayi kolunu oluşturan mürekkepçilik vasıtasıyla mürekkep üretimi ayrı bir sanat kolu haline gelmiştir. Bugün hâlâ hat sanatında kullanılan is mürekkeplerinin kalite problemleri sürerken bu çalışma; geçmişteki birikimi uygulamalar yoluyla bugüne taşıyarak çözüme katkı sağlama amacı ve önemini taşımaktadır. Araştırma esnasında eski metinlerden elde edilen tarifler yeniden uygulanarak sonuçları değerlendirilmiştir. Elde edilen sonuçlar, iyi bir mürekkebin sahip olması gereken özellikler doğrultusunda tarifler üzerinde denemeler yapılarak geliştirilmeye çalışılmıştır. Uygulamalar sonucunda kullanılan malzemelerin ne işe yaradığı, sebep oldukları olumlu ve olumsuz sonuçlar, mürekkebi değerli kılan ton ve akışkanlık gibi unsurlar üzerindeki etkileri tespit edilmeye çalışılarak çözüm yolları tartışılmıştır. İs kalitesi ve zamk miktarı gibi mürekkebin kalitesini belirleyen unsurlar hakkında oransal sonuçlar irdelenmiştir.

Makale detayları

Black Beauty of Khatt, Soot Inks from Past to Present: Applications and Results

Yazarlar:

Yunus Emre Çelik

Yayıncı:

Dokuz Eylul University

Ana Başlıklar:

El Sanatları | Güzel Sanatlar

Dergi:

Yedi Issue 34, pp.55-68

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

7/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001343164

pISSN:

1307-9840

Traditional arts

khatt

soot ink

ink production

Gulzar-ı Savab.Geleneksel sanatlar

hat sanatı

is mürekkebi

mürekkep yapımı

Gülzâr-ı Savâb

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Yunus Emre Çelik

Yayıncı: Dokuz Eylul University

Ana Başlıklar: El Sanatları | Güzel Sanatlar

Dergi: Yedi Issue 34, pp.55-68

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 7/2025

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001343164

pISSN: 1307-9840

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Yunus Emre Çelik

Yayıncı:

Dokuz Eylul University

Ana Başlıklar:

El Sanatları | Güzel Sanatlar

Dergi:

Yedi Issue 34, pp.55-68

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

7/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001343164

pISSN:

1307-9840