Artist creates portraits with Eskişehir’s unique mineral

ESKİŞEHİR - Anadolu Agency

Meerschaum master Mehmet Başsav has been involved with this art for half a century. A candidate for UNESCO’s Living Human Treasure, His goal is to open courses to train new apprentices

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Meerschaum artist Mehmet Başsav has been producing portraits using this mineral unique to Eskişehir. ‘Biggest richness for me is my artworks,’ he says. AA photo

Mehmet Başsav, a meerschaum portrait artist from the central Anatolian province of Eskişehir, has been a candidate for the Living Human Treasure awarded by UNESCO, as well as the traditional Turkish handicraft artist by the Culture and Tourism. 

Working on meerschaum for 52 years, Başsav has so far created lots of products such as pipe, miniature bust, sculpture, mask and reliefs.



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