Artful İnspirations — Ayşen Gürel Sile

It is my belief that my first steps begin with dreams The early steps I took were pursuits of art that enchanted me My journey culminated into the books now grasped by your hands Artful Inspirations is a trilogy book series consisting of Create Collect Decorate While the volumes have distinct titles you will find transitions across the volumes due to their close relationship The pages which consist of compositions I have prepared in a poster approach were carefully selected from approximately seven thousand photographs taken by my husband Faruk Sile a graphic designer and professional photographer My sources of inspiration the collections that emerged from the objects I have gathered over many years reflect insights I acquired during the years I worked as an artist designer and decorator When I speak of collections you should not merely think of physical objects memories too I collected and wrote on them as if I had a chat with you You will discover my stories of what I observed while traveling some parts of the world the things that gave me inspiration and left an impression on me and the topics that are dear to my heart Although I have lived in the United States for forty years it would not be possible for me to not speak of the love in my heart and the longing I feel for the legendary city of Istanbul where I was born and raised as well as my beautiful home country of Türkiye Through my books I desire to leave a mark on daily living with small artistic touches and aim to present my Life Exhibition I did it my way Ayşen Tanıtım Bülteninden