Ayfer Akbulut was born in 1967 in Samsun. She took classes from Mustafa Tarlabaşı, Talat Çam, Victor Öcal and Semra Dönmez. Akbulut, who participated in various projects with her works, has worked as a master instructor in filigree and silverworking in many institutions. Ayla Üçyıldız, Nuray Aksoy, Hülya Şalt, Ayşe İnan, Handan Yörük and İpek Aytış are some of the artists trained by Akbulut.