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Saim (Usta*) Kolhan was born in Kütahya in 1962. He has graduated from a private vocational school as an electrician. He first worked as an electrician master in different factories. However he realized that it was not the profession he wanted to be in while he was in Cyprus for his military service.
Later Saim Usta decided to work as an apprentice in Atilla Kipergil’s tile workshop in 1984. That was when he realized that tile making, which is called "çinicilik" could turn out to his life's passion enabling him to express himself. Meanwhile he opened a retail shop named "Elif Çini" in 1984. At Elif Çini, unique tiles have been displayed with different techniques that already had existed in Kutahya, the center of Turkish tiles for five hundred years. The aim of protecting the perfection of the tradition and enforcing the standards of the town pushed him to be in co-operation with other artists such as Atilla Kipergil, Mehmet Gürsoy, Abdülkadir Uçaroğlu and Habib Balalan. Saim Usta’s objective from the very beginning was not to increase the number of the already existent objects by imitating them, but rather to use them as elements and enablers of progression.
Together with his colleagues, Saim Usta established his own workshop trying to create new objects, which were better than the old masters'. From then on, pieces made in his workshop have been exceptional in terms of clay and glazing, creative forms and even functions together with hand decoration. This attempt also signifies a new école in the İznik and Kütahya ceramics tradition. The world of Turkish ceramics also is nourished by masters that he had trained as apprentices. Saim Usta’s and hic colleagues’ artistic works were exhibited by different organizations including the Museum of International Folk Art in the United States.
*Usta is master in Turkish.
Artist's Works
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Plate in drop form with boat and fishes
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Rimless plate with fishes
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Square plate with fishes
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Plate with medallion
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Plate with abstract pattern
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Plate with contemporary tugrakesh pattern
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Rimless plate with miniature
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Rimless plate with miniature
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Plate with tulip and wave patterns
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Rimless plate with carnation flowers
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Rimless plate with miniature
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Plate with floral pattern and foliate rim
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Rimless plate with boats
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Rimless plate with contemporary tulip composition
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Rimless plate with saz leaves and flowers
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Plate with saz leaves and flowers
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Rimless plate with floral pattern
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Rimless plate with floral pattern
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Plate with tugrakesh (Goldern Horn) pattern
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Rimless plate with contemporary floral pattern
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Plate with floral pattern
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Plate with saz leaves and flowers
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Plate with carnation flowers
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Plate with Maiden Tower
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Rimless plate with fishes
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Plate with carnation flowers
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Tile with saz leaves and flowers
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Tile with fishes
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Tile with contemporary floral composition
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Tile with contemporary tugrakesh pattern
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Tile with carnations and saz leaves
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Panel with fishes
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Tile with flowers and leaves
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Tile with floral pattern
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Panel with miniature
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Tile with saz leaves and flowers
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Tile with medallion
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Panel with flower pattern
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Panel with boat and animal figures
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Water bottle with fishes
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Water bottle with contemporary tugrakesh pattern
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Ewer with contemporary tugrakesh pattern
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Vase with floral pattern and stylized form
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Vase with floral pattern
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Vase with contemporary tugrakesh pattern
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Vase with floral pattern
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Vase with hatai and spiral tuğrakesh pattern
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Bowl with bird figures
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Plate with contemporary tugrakesh pattern
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Bowl with floral pattern
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Bowl with fishes
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Bowl
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Bowl with contemporary tugrakesh pattern
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Bowl with contemporary tugrakesh pattern
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Bowl with leaves and flowers inside
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Basin on high foot leaves and flowers
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Basin on high foot saz leaves and floral pattern
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Deep bowl leaves and floral pattern
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Bowl leaves and floral pattern
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Bowl with boat figures
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Bowl leaves and floral pattern
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Bottle with tulips in contemporary style
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Pomegranate figure with saz leaves and floral pattern
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Bottle with tulips in contemporary style
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Bottle with contemporary tugrakesh pattern and tughra
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Bottle with saz leaves and floral pattern
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Bottle with miniature
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Bottle with sea miniature
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Bottle with fishes
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Bottle with tulips
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Bottle with flowers and leaves
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Bottle with flowers and leaves
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Bottle with flowers and leaves
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Pomegranate with miniature
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Bottle with wave pattern
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Bottle with miniature
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Bottle with contemporary tugrakesh pattern
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Kaftan figure with saz leaves and floral pattern
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Bottle with fishes
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Bottle with rumi and tugrakesh pattern
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Ewer with miniature
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Clindrical tankard hatais and rumis
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Clindrical tankard fish figures
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Pot with hatai and rumi patterns
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Bottle with rumi and tugrakesh pattern
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Bottle with floral pattern
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Bottle with miniature
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Covered bowl with floral composition
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Covered bowl with floral pattern
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Jar with saz leaves and floral pattern
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Jar with leaves and floral pattern
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Jar with spiral tugrakesh (golden horn) pattern
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Jar with boat figure and rumi pattern
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Jar with saz leaves and floral pattern
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Plate with saz leaves and floral pattern
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Plate with Tugrakesh (Golden Horn) and calligraphy
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Plate with tulips in contemporary style
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Plate with saz leaves and floral pattern
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Plate with carnation flowers and saz leaves
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Plate with hatai pattern and calligrapy-tughra
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Panel with tulip and leaves including calligraphy
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Vase with wave pattern
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Bottle with bird figures
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Vase with fishes
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Bottle with wave pattern
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Bowl with chain rumi pattern
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Bowl with flowers and tugrakesh pattern
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Koran Case
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Tray with rumi and hatai pattern