IRAN ART EXHIBITION: DO YOU KNOW ZANJAN IS THE CENTER OF FILIGREE? One of the most popular arts in Zanjan is filigree which is a branch of the art of metalworking and is mainly made of high-grade silver metal. In filigree, silver bullions are made with a rolling machine in the shape of quadrilateral narrow […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: QALAMZANI AS AN ANCIENT ART IN IRAN Engraving is the art that creates incising on metal objects, usually metal plates, especially copper; gold; silver, and brass, with a variety of pens and a hammer blow. According to documents, handicraft history dates back to the second and first millennium BC, but engraving evolved […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: METAL ENGRAVING OR QALAMZANI IN DIFFERENT CITIES OF IRAN Metal Engraving (Qalamzani in Persian) has a long history in Iran and is one of the traditional arts of the country. This art is in the category of metal handicrafts. We can see the history of engraving on the mountains, old palaces of […]
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. […]