IRAN ART EXHIBITION: GABBEH CARPET ALSO CAN BE USED IN MODEN DECOR Gabbeh (or Gabba) is a Persian long-piled hand-knotted, with a thick and coarse but loose and flabby quality. Plus, some rugs are a bit shaggy, others somehow Kilim-like at first glance. These are the rugs that nomadic women weave for their own. The […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: PERSIAN GABBEH CARPET IS LIKE MUSIC FOR YOUR EYES Persian Gabbeh is a hand-knotted (handmade) thick Persian rug with long pile. It is made by the nomads of Fars province in southern Iran, of which the famous city of Shiraz is the capital. The most famous nomad group of this region is […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: GABBEH CARPET ARE SO IRRESISTIBLE TO BUY The Gabbeh carpet is a typical carpet from the southern regions of Iran. Like almost all traditional carpets from Asia, its origin lies in the culture of the nomadic people who lived in the area. Unlike other Oriental carpets, Gabbeh carpets have a minimalist design […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: GABBEH WEAVING HANDICRAFTS WERE INSPIRED BY THE NATURE Gabbeh or gabba is a very delicate and beautiful kind of Persian rug. It is also called Gava or Khersak. Gabbeh or Khersak (which means bear cub) is a rug made of animal wool, which is usually woven in small size by Lor and […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: WHAT IS GABBEH? AND HOW IS IT MADE? Gabbeh (from the Persian language farsi; raw, natural, uncut) represents a rough and primitive carpet with patterns mostly made by Ghashghai nomads from the Farsi province in the southwest of Iran. These carpets are probably the most well-known handmade carpets from Iran. They are […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: KILIM HANDICRAFT IS A PERFECT ART BETWEEN OTHERS It would indeed be hard to dispute the Iranian claim to have produced the most elaborate, the most decorative, the most valuable, and the ,most superbly assured carpets, which are considered as our cultural exports in the world. Because of the lack of furniture […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: INTRODUCING KILIM AND JAJIM HANDICRAFTS Sirjan is considered as one of the centers of Iranian handicrafts. The culmination of these handicrafts is summarized in a kilim called The Shiriki Pich. Kilim is the handmade of women of Sirjan in the rural and tribal areas; the art which due to its characteristics, could […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: WHAT IS PERSIAN KHOS-DUZI HANDICRAFT? The products of Hormozgan handicrafts are mostly created for local purposes. Khos Duzi, a kind of embroidery, is one of them. Khos Duzi consists of sewing thin strips of Khos or Naqdeh on fine and delicate lace fabrics. The strips are arranged to make geometric, cursive, arabesque, […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT KALAMKARI HANDICRAFTS Kalamkari is the art of designing, drawing, and painting on fabric via special pens. Kalamkari is a Persian word borrowed in Hindi. The word is made of two parts (kalam+ kari, literally pen + craftsmanship). And its meaning is ‘an artistic work done by the […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: KALAMKARI (GHALAMKARI) IS ART OF HAND-PAINTED COTTON Kalamkari is a type of hand-painted or block-printed cotton textile produced in Isfahan, Iran, and in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Only natural dyes are used in Kalamkari, which involves twenty-three steps. There are two distinctive styles of Kalamkari art in India – Srikalahasti […]