Ufuk Kucur’s entire story began in Ankara in 1997. His introduction to the tesbih dates back to the age of 13–14. What began as curiosity and interest gradually became his life’s path.
Using only sandpaper and olive pits, Kucur made his first tesbih in 2013. He still keeps this first piece today; for him, it became the starting station of his journey. He did not receive formal training in tesbih making. By sometimes observing makers and sometimes talking with them, he gathered knowledge, experimented and developed a technique of his own.
Machines were also a subject of curiosity for Ufuk Kucur. The machines, tools and equipment needed for tesbih making deepened this interest. He therefore decided to study mechanical engineering. He continued making tesbihs throughout his education at Pamukkale University. In the workshop he set up in his student home, he enriched his practical skills with engineering knowledge, and his approach to the art changed: principles such as measurement, proportion, geometry and material combined with and expanded his own aesthetic understanding.
After completing his higher education, Kucur returned to Ankara and established a workshop there. He continues to produce tesbihs from old and rare objects, shaping them with an aesthetic formed through an engineering perspective.
He keeps striving to learn and improve himself, because for Ufuk Kucur, tesbih began with a search and will continue through searches that never come to an end.
