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Art from Old Things

Art from Old Things

🎨 ArtApril 24, 2025

News Source: hurriyetdailynews
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Songül Erbay is an archaeologist. She likes art and nature. She collects things from nature like leaves and stones. She uses these things to make art. She has been collecting for 25 years. Now she makes art from the things she collected. She uses dead insects and branches too.

Vocabulary




Archaeologist ar-kee-OL-uh-jist
Meaning: A person who studies old things and places.
Same: historian, researcher
Opposite: None
Example: An archaeologist digs up old artifacts.



Collects kuh-LEKTS
Meaning: To gather things and keep them.
Same: gather, pick up
Opposite: throw away, lose
Example: She collects leaves from the park.



Artifacts AR-tuh-fakts
Not present in the text, replacing with:
Nature NAY-chur
Meaning: The world around us, including plants, animals, and landscapes.
Same: environment, outdoors
Opposite: city, indoors
Example: She loves spending time in nature.



Dead ded
Meaning: Not alive.
Same: deceased, lifeless
Opposite: alive, living
Example: The dead leaves fell from the tree.



Branches BRAN-chiz
Meaning: Parts of a tree that grow out from the trunk.
Same: limbs, twigs
Opposite: None
Example: The branches of the tree were swaying in the wind.

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