Gravure (1983) Printmaking by Murat Yilmaz

Pyrogravure (burning painting) technique was born as a decorative * art technique used in the process of decorating wood or other suitable material surfaces with various motifs by burning them with hot metal pens. With its primitive name, etching has been used especially in the decoration of wood and leather goods since ancient times. This art was first seen in Mesopotamia, in the Seljuks. In order to hammer large-headed metal nails into the great castle gates, they dug holes in oak trees with fire, hammered nails and etched the symbols and signs of the clan / principalities they were attached to using metal rods. The technique was also used in Anatolia, after a while, as decoration and motifs of Seljuk and Ottoman motifs on the doors, porches and verandas of various inns and caravanserais. Over time, with the use of painting in the art; It has developed as a "sepia-white" painting technique in the style of classical black-and-white painting technique and has become a contemporary painting technique ready to take its place in the field of fine arts. The most important characteristics of Murat Yılmaz, who is among the first few painters of the world in the art of burning painting, different from peer artists; Instead of small-sized figurative works that end up with the impression of poster or graphic work, it is possible to make large plan works with rich content in much larger sizes, to evaluate the whole surface as an oil painting without leaving any unworked empty space on the wooden canvas surface, and the process of burning wood in various tones as physically possible. It is to make visual art works in accordance with the criteria of charcoal painting technique by applying it at the top quality level. With these qualities, the artist's works constitute the most valuable and unique examples of the art of burning painting worldwide. Our painter Yılmaz has the view that coloring with various paints on wood-burnt color tones damages the essence of this technique and disrupts its original quality, so he does not use any kind of paint in his works, he does not use any kind of paint in his works, he does not use any kind of paint, including the frame pattern, all the color tones on the wooden canvas, the canvas surface is made of metal with hot tips It is obtained by burning it with a pencil at various temperatures. The artist has his paintings in collections in many countries from Brazil to Japan.

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