Oğuzhan Tuğrul
(1955-2014)

Oğuzhan Tuğrul was born in Adapazarı in 1955. He graduated from Darüşşafaka High School. He started working on glass in an antique window restoration project in Canada in 1974. After returning to Turkey, he taught western stained glass techniques. He advanced the technique on flash-glass and applied it to his glass work, etching calligraphy. In 1999 Tuğrul started paper making by hands. He taught how to make papers at various workshops in Turkey and abroad. He knew Turkish, English, German, French, Spanish and Uyghur language. Tuğrul passed away in Istanbul in 2014.

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