IRAN ART EXHIBITION: VISIT ISFAHAN AND SEE ITS MARVELOUS ENGRAVING WORKS If you travel to Iran and visit Isfahan, you will definitely see the splendid art of engraving at the Bazaar of Isfahan. The engraving is the art of carving superb designs on various kinds of metals such as copper, brass, silver, and gold. The […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: FLUCTUATION IN ENGRAVING INDUSTRY OF IRAN The art of carving designs on copper, gold, silver, and brass, commonly known as Qalam-Zani in Iran, dates back to more than one thousand years BCE. The art is practiced in Isfahan, Shiraz and Tabriz, each of which has its own style. Engraving is the creation […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: SUCCESS OF SAFAVIAN IN PRODUCING METALWORKS It’s one of the traditional handicrafts of Iran that its origin goes back to the Sogians period that lived in Caucasus around 5000 to 7000 years ago and had Aryan origins. Engraving is done on different metals such as copper ,brass ,silver, gold and also some […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: “EMBOSS WORKING” THE ART OF ENGRAVING PATTERNS ON METAL Emboss working refers to the work of art which is conducted using a pen and we can also say that the art of printing on a fabric … Ghalamkari is a Persian word used in Hindi language which consists of the two words […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: IRANIAN EMBOSSS WORKING IS A MASTERPIECE Engraving on metal receptacles made of copper, brass, gold and silver by hammer and steel chisels is called emboss working. Emboss working is a decorative method that ancient men innovated when they recognized metals existed in the nature and discovered how to work with them. Nowadays, […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: PERSIAN COPPER UTENSILS ATTRACTS EVERYONE One of the oldest technologies in Iran is the technology of producing copper and glassware and shaping with a special design in the past centuries. The first metalworkers, especially coppersmiths, can be considered Iranians, who called the technologists in this field blacksmiths, who, due to their many […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: IRAN AS AN IMPORTANT CENTER OF METALWORKS FROM PAST TO PRESENT Metalwork is perhaps the most continuous and best-documented artistic medium from Iran in the Islamic period. It survives mainly in brass (see BERENJ) and bronze. Most gold and silver wares, better known through literary accounts, were likely melted down (Ward, pp. […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: BRONZE AND ITS ROLE IN HANDCRAFTING Bronze is a metal alloy. Bronze is mostly copper, with some tin added (generally 5% to 20%) to make it stronger. When two words are used to name an alloy, and one of the words is Bronze, this means the alloy is made mostly from copper. […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: INTRODUCING 6 MAIN USED METHODS IN GHALAMZANI Engraving(Ghalam Zani) is the art of carving superb designs on various metals such as copper, brass, silver and gold. Isfahan is the main centre for engraving. The artistic work of this course made by the artists are the glorious and undeniable indication of Previous metal […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: “QALAMZANI” IRANIAN ART OF ENGRAVING ON METAL Toreutics and etching (Qalamzani) are among the Iranian handicrafts with a historical background as ancient as 3000 years. Qalamzani means transferring the images onto a metallic surface by means of shaping indents and convexes on the surface; a skill performed with the use of certain […]