An exhibition of Students of the Bogazhisar Educational Institution showcases works created with a technique called paper marbling. The first and second grade students of the Bogazhisar Educational Institutions present 56 art pieces at the Sariyer Cultural Centre in Istanbul. The works based on the ancient art-form can be seen in January 2012.

When and where the technique of paper marbling was developed is still unknown, but some Iranian sources report that it has emerged in India. According to other sources it could have  originated in the city of Bukhara in Turkistan, and was passed on by the Ottomans. It is called 'Ebru', "Turkish paper" or "marble paper". Marbling is done when a shallow tray filled with water and various kinds of ink or paint colours are carefully applied to the surface with an ink brush. Various additives are used to help float the colours. A drop of "negative" colour made of plain water is used to drive the drop of colour into a ring. The process is repeated until the surface of the water is covered with concentric rings. The roots of the art of marbling goes back to the 9th and 10th century.

It is speculated that the development of the technique happened parallel to the discovery of paper. 10th century Chinese bureaucrats Yijia Water (957-995 AD) has claimed that brush, ink, ink stone and patterned paper are the tools for this art. In China the name "liu-sa-cien" and the Japanese terms 鉄uminagashi・ and 釘eninagashi・ as well as in later centuries the name "Ebre" in Turkish give strong clues about the historical development of this form of art. Paper marbling made it's way to Iran over the Silk Road and was termed "Ebri" because of it's cloud-like looks and shapes. This new name was adopted by the Ottoman Turks at first, but in time it was changed to "Ebru" due to it's difficulty in pronunciation. It is not surprising for the small name altering since Ebru means "eyebrow" in Persian and this art also supports eyebrow shapes on the paper. According to a rumour in the mid 16th century the art of Paper Marble began to be performed by Mir Muhammad Tahir in India and then it spread to Iran and then to Istanbul. At the end of the century, European travellers brought marble paper from Istanbul to their home countries such as Germany, France and then Italy. 

Paper marbling was almost forgotten by the beginning of the 20th century, though it got resurrected and catapulted back in the mainstream by the hard work of the famous artist Necmettin Okyay and his successor Mustafa Duzgunman. 

After the opening ceremony done by the deputy municipal president of Sariyer, Adnan Ayber, the fifty-six pieces of art met with the art lovers. The coordinator of the gallery, Nuray Gulseren, who is also a visual arts teacher, said "the artistic work which was created by our students must be seen by everyone. We understand that this work which symbolizes the heart and soul of our young artists also symbolizes the heart and soul of our nation".

Deputy municipal president Adnan Ayber said in his opening speech "as well as all the traditional Turkish arts procedure, this form of art is tought by master to apprentice, a way of teaching in which the apprentice explores many alternative ways of performing the art. No matter how it is viewed and described, paper marbling is a truly mysterious harmony. This art is demanding, irreversible and a non-repetition type of art. I would like to thank all teachers who are teaching this beautiful and unique art in Boğazhisar school.  We are supporting this art, and we always will be."

Ozdemir Nureddin as Director of Special Boğazhisar Elementary School said that "paper marbling is an art form which is still facing the danger of being forgotten despite it having been a popular way of creating many designs back in the old days. We, educational institutions of Boğazhisar are protecting this legacy of our ancestors which is being forgotten by supporting our art teachers and their students. We would also thank the ones who are supporting us".