IRAN ART EXHIBITION: GEREH-CHINI & OROSI-SAZI TWO KINDS OF IRANIAN STAINED GLASS WORK Two kinds of stained glass work became common in Iran: Gereh-chini (decorative wood lattice) and Orosi-sazi (sash-style). This is one of the branch of architectures and traditional tiling. Gereh is an Islamic decorative art form used in architecture and handicrafts (book covers, […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: IRANIAN GLASS WORKS FOR YOUR DECOR You may have heard about glassblowing and think that it’s a hip and modern phenomenon. But the signs of glassblowing can be found around 2500-3000 BC. Almost all countries and nations around the world have had some exposure to glass making and glassware. Glass has a […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: GLASS ART IN IRAN BACKS TO ANCIENT TIMES Archaeological excavations have shown the spread of blown glass art in the Iran of the Achaemenid era. Glass bottles were found near the Choghā zanbil temple. With the discovery of glass objects dating back to the Parthian and Sassanid periods, it is possible to […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF IRAN IN GLASS INDUSTRY About 250 types of diverse hand-made products are created by proficient craftsmen in Iran. Kilim, carpet, marquetry and woodcutting are among the Persian crafts, which have become very popular in the world. However, very little is known about Persian art of glass blowing and […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: GLASSBLOWING AS AN ART IN IRAN Glassblowing in Iran is a process of making different utensils and articles with melted material according to traditional methods including blowing and mold-blowing. Usually, there are two or more gas furnaces in glassblowing workshops for simultaneously use of several types of glass materials with different colors. […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: ABOUT TECHNIQUES OF GLASS ART Glass art is an art of making and decorating utensils using melting glass dough. glass is breakable and limpid. In this post, we describe the stages of the “blowing technique”: Glass art is an art that first heat the glass to make it soft and semi-liquid. Then […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: GLASS MAKING AND ITS HISTORY IN PERSIA Glass blowing was invented in the Syro-Palestinian region during the Parthian period in the mid-first century B.C.E. and quickly spread from there to neighboring regions. Due to this invention, which probably reached Mesopotamia in the first century C.E., glassware could be produced more easily and […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: GLASS BLOWING IN ISLAMIC COUNTRIES At the time of the Arab conquest in the seventh century A.D., glassmaking had flourished in Egypt and western Asia for more than two millennia and glassmakers in those regions went about their business despite the momentous political, social, and religious changes taking place around them. Glassmakers […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: AN ECONOMIC OUTLOOK TO GLASSMAKING INDUSTRY OF IRAN Iran has a population of 80 million (of whom 60% are estimated to be under 30) and is the second largest economy in the Middle East (MENA) after Saudi Arabia, with an estimated Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2015 of US$ 393.7 billion. Iran […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: IRAN GLASSMAKING IN HISTORY The people in the Iranian plateau had always shown their skill in cutting and engraving glass. Archaeologists have not identified any site inside today’s Iran as an ancient center for glass working in Iran. Therefore, there is not sufficient information about all the evolution of this industry in […]