Sencer Sarı (born
15 March 1982
) is a
Turkish ceramicist
Ceramic art is art made from ceramic materials, including clay. It may take forms including artistic pottery, including tableware, tiles, figurines and other sculpture. As one of the plastic arts, ceramic art is one of the visual arts. Whi ...
,
sculptor
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, ceramic & glass technology expert, and academic researcher.
Academic activity
![Uranium ceramic - Flickr - Sencer Sarı](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Uranium_ceramic_-_Flickr_-_Sencer_Sar%C4%B1.jpg)
Sencer Sarı started his studies in Çanakkale On Sekiz Mart University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Ceramic between 2002 and 2006 and later attended the same university for his master's degree between 2007 and 2010 where he completed his master's degree in the Department of Ceramics, Çanakkale 18 Mart University in 2010 where his master's thesis project "Low-temperature Chromated Glazes" was published under Scientific Research Projects. It was during this time during his studies, he focused on artistic ceramic forms along with experimental ceramic technology supporting these forms. In 2006, Sarı worked a
Civelek Porselenceramic and diamond research laboratory wit
Osman Nuri Civelekon
sinter,
alkaline metals and
ceramic matrix composite
In materials science, ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) are a subgroup of composite materials and a subgroup of ceramics. They consist of ceramic fibers embedded in a ceramic matrix. The fibers and the matrix both can consist of any ceramic mate ...
s where he participated in research and development of domestic manufacturing of refractory armor and sintered alumina supported ballistic vests. Sarı has also worked with experimental ceramicist/sculpto
İbrahim Tayfun Duratbetween 2005 and 2009 on low-temperature glazed and chromated glazes.
In 2013, S. Sarı completed his Ph.D. degree at the Department of Ceramics and Glass,
National Art Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria with the thesis titled "reaching copper-red glazes in low-temperature and oxygenated atmosphere".
Sarı has resumed his technological research during his Ph.D. studies where he developed "smoke-free reduction techniques" in electric ovens and interior places by reduction of petroleum. With this new method, the artist achieved to provide copper red color difficult to provide in ceramic technology. S. Sarı is also a member of the International Association Of Art Turkish National Committee UNESCO AIAP, since 2007. 2014 September to 2016 February he worked as a Lecture
in Marmara University Faculty Of Fine Arts, Ceramic and Glass Department 2016 to Present Dr. Sari is working as an Expert witness fo
Republic of Turkey Ministry of JusticeFebruary 2019 Dr. Sari accepted as an Invited Professor Doctor. at The
Tbilisi State Academy of Arts
The Tbilisi State Academy of Arts ( ka, თბილისის სახელმწიფო სამხატვრო აკადემია) is one of the oldest universities in Georgia and Caucasus. It is located in central Tbilisi near ...
, Faculty of Design, Department of Artistic Ceramic.
Since 2011 S. Sarı has been working on creating ceramics works that take advantage of the glow properties of
radioactive
Radioactive decay (also known as nuclear decay, radioactivity, radioactive disintegration, or nuclear disintegration) is the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by radiation. A material containing unstable nuclei is consid ...
uranium
Uranium is a chemical element with the symbol U and atomic number 92. It is a silvery-grey metal in the actinide series of the periodic table. A uranium atom has 92 protons and 92 electrons, of which 6 are valence electrons. Uranium is weak ...
silicate
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s. Sarı has been working with technology and art in parallel implementing works of art by using the techniques of uranium silicate's phosphorus effects on porcelain bodies since 2011. According to Sarı, there are two shades of red (copper red and uranium red) that are very difficult to achieve in glaze and ceramics and that a small surface of uranium red can be produced by burning uranium nitrate in high temperature. He was able to experiment with radioactive rare elements during his PhD studies in Sofia and that he was able to successfully significantly reduce
alpha particle
Alpha particles, also called alpha rays or alpha radiation, consist of two protons and two neutrons bound together into a particle identical to a helium-4 nucleus. They are generally produced in the process of alpha decay, but may also be produce ...
radiation from glaze and ceramics using radioactive uranium by using lead and lithium oxide layer coating which is further coated by glass layers.
On 30 November 2012 Sarı held a seminar on "Uranium in Ceramic Art" at
Vuzf University and also held a solo exhibition demonstrating this work with red uranium.
On 27 June 2012 Sarı gave a guest lecture and held a workshop on uses of rare elements in ceramic glazes and glass bodies, cromatic glazes, Turkish blue glaze, preparation of safety fluoric acid bath for mat glazing at
University of Applied Arts Vienna
The University of Applied Arts Vienna (german: Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, or informally just ''Die Angewandte'') is an arts university and institution of higher education in Vienna, the capital of Austria. It has had university sta ...
.
On 15 September 2012 Sarı presented his paper with the topic "Uses of The Rare Elements into Ceramic Glazes and Glass Bodies" in the Sixth International Eskişehir Terra Cotta Symposium where he discussed the behavior within glazed ceramic/porcelain bodies of attained rare earth elements.
At 29 November 2016 Dr Sari made a solo seminar with workshop about U/V Glow Ceramic Glazes & Uranium Glass at
Vilnius Academy of Arts
The Vilnius Academy of Arts ( lt, Vilniaus dailės akademija, previously ''State Art Institute of Lithuania'') in Vilnius, Lithuania, grants a variety of degrees in the arts.
History
The Academy traces its roots back to the creation of the Arc ...
Lithuania On 8 February 2017 Dr.Sari opened th
XXIII Annual Expert PhD seminar"
Inorganic
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Non-metallic Materials" at the University o
Chemical Technology, department of Glass and Ceramicsin
Prague
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,
Czech Republic
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. In this seminar he presented his personal research
Uranium Compounds in Art.
Art activity
On 2 May 2006, "Aqua" by Sarı was awarded the Şima Art Special Award in 9th Rotary International Golden Jug Ceramic Contest at İzmir Art and Sculpture Museum and Gallery and was exhibited until 14 May. Between 1 and 20 November 2006 Sarı participated in the mixed exhibition 5th
Smoke Firing Ceramic Workshop held at İzmir Adnan Franko Art Gallery.
On 12 September 2007 Sarı held his first solo exhibition titled "Masks & Sensations" (Turkish: ''Duyumlar ve Maskeler'') at UNESCO – AIAP International Plastic Arts Association Gallery, Istanbul. Later that year on 27 October he had participated in two separate group exhibitions titled Mediterranean Sea & Homesickness (Turkish: ''Akdenizlilik ve Gurbet'') by UNESCO AIAP and mixed group exhibition by Turkish Collective Artists’ Union at 2007 Tüyap Artist Art Fair.
On 30 November 2012 Sarı held a seminar on Uranium in Ceramic Art at
Vuzf University and also held a solo exhibition at Vuzf University exhibition hall with an "Anemones in Red" theme demonstrating his work with red uranium.
Between 20 October and 7 November 2014 he held a solo exhibition with the title "From the Sea" (Turkish: ''Denizden Gelenler'') at Tünel Art Gallery, Istanbul. Between 8 and 16 November 2014 Sarı participated as a part of the Collective Artists’ Union exhibition titled "So as not to forget" (Turkish: ''Unutmamak İçin'') in the 24th Istanbul Art Fair held at TÜYAP Fair and Convention Center, Istanbul. 16 August 2017 S. Sari attended th
5th International Ceramic Art Symposium Ceramic Laboratoryin Daugavpils, Latvia. 14 August - 15 September 2017 S. Sari held an outdoor solo ceramic exhibitio
"Luminescent fairies"in Vilnius, Lithuania. 14–16 September 2018 S. Sari had a successful solo porcelain exhibitio
"Decadence Now" in Akhaltsikhe, Georgia 4 September 2019 Prof. Sari invited to Art Fest Ceramic Alchemy for ceramic technology seminar.
Patented researches
* 30 07 2015 (Patent/Application Number
TUR 2015/09482 Reduction Agents in Reduction Firing with Electrical Kiln and Firing Methodology for Reduction Agents
* 02 02 2016 (Patent/Application Number
TUR 2016/01448 Portable Melting Kiln
Bibliography
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* Fokus Magazine - No:43 (May - June 2014) page 48,49,50 - .
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* Low temperature copper red glazes produced through reduction in oxygen atmosphere. 2015.
*Protection of Glaze Core Stability in Macro Crystalline Glazes. 2019 - ACADEMIA 7 - ISSN 1512-0899
References
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1982 births
Living people
Turkish ceramists
21st-century ceramists
Artists from Istanbul