Ankara İli Bakircilik Sanati
The Art of Coppersmithing in Ankara

Summary/Abstract: The study that is prepared with the aim of examining, emerging and documenting the Ankara coppersmith craft having an important role in our country in terms of culturally and the people making artifacts from copper is catered for not forgetting Ankara coppersmith craft in addition to bring to light the unknown related to the this issue, document this new information and publicize it. The target population of this descriptive survey model is composed of the people making artifacts from copper in Ankara and copper products; the sample group of the is composed of 20 people making artifacts from copper in Ankara and 15 copper products. For this study, the characteristics of people whose jobs are coppersmith, and their products in Ankara have been obtained through survey questions by interviewing with each person. The raw materials, devices, technique, size, design, the range and qualification of the products, observation and examination being made on the sample products that are used in producing of the copper are ascertained. According to findings obtained from the research, in Ankara, the coppersmith is one of the main handcrafts and there are ones available who live off this art. In copper products, the technique of “forging” is used extremely during structural forming. However, in superficial forming, the technique of “scraping” is generally used. Copper products in Ankara are produced as usage products (such as kitchen, bath etc.) and decorative products (such as ornament, touristic etc.). Like in many branches of handcrafts, the coppersmith of Ankara has some problems, too. It is thought that it will provide benefits in terms of economic situation if the coppersmiths which are one of the traditional culture prosperities is utilized in tourism.

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