IRAN ART EXHIBITION: TURQUOISE INLAY ATTRACTS THE ATTENTION AT FIRST SIGHT Turquoise inlay is an art which creates a layer of turquoise little-cut stones on the body of metal objects, making and preparing valuable decorative products. Turquoise inlay, as it is done today, is one of the contemporary arts of the recent century, but it […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: ALL ABOUT TURQUOISE INLAYING IN ISFAHAN Turquoise inlaying is one of the most eye-catching and popular Iranian handicrafts. Artists and craftsmen use turquoise pieces to create decorative objects, jewelry and beautiful utensils. In these eye-catching handicrafts, turquoise stones in very small sizes are placed next to each other regularly and at a […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: POTTERY MAKING IS KNOWN AS AN ART Art instead of Industry Although in the past, Pottery has been known as an industry, now in modern society it is known as art. And although, there is considerable information in relation to Iranian ancient pottery, there are very few documents and written information of […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: THE MEANING OF PATTERNS ON PERSIAN POTTERY WORKS Objects made of baked clay are called Pottery Art. Industrial pottery is a mixture of art that leads to the production of pottery. Given that the raw materials of Pottery Art are the same as soil, water and fire, it can be imagined that; […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: CERAMIC WORKS ARE USED EVEYWHERE IN OUR LIFE You started your morning with ceramics—and they’ll dominate your day. Inside your brick, cement, and glass home, you woke to the quartz clock, washed in the tiled bathroom, breakfasted on pottery cups and bowls. Maybe you worked all day at a computer (packed with […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: PERSIAN POTTERY IN ANCIENT TIMES IN IRAN Some 3,000 years ago, in the area south of the Caspian Sea in what is now modern Iran, craftsmen developed a distinctive type of pottery. This small installation features some of the outstanding treasures in the Sackler Gallery’s collection of ancient Iranian ceramics. It celebrates […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: POTTERY AND CERAMIC MAKING IN IRAN The history of Persian pottery dates back to the 7th millennium BCE, the early Neolithic Age. It was the age of the development of agriculture and mankind learned that by cooking clay he can make cooking utensils and that is when the art of pottery was […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: HERE WE ANSWERED ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT HANDICRAFTS’S TOOLS & MATERIALS What are the materials tools and equipment used in craft making? Mosaic Design Stone. Color paper. Seeds. Buttons. Broken bottles. Small cubes of glass. Beads. Stone marbles. What are the tools for craft? […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: TILE WORKING IN IRANIAN ARCHITECTURE AND HOW IT’S DONE Tiling is considered as one of the important symbols and prominent ornamental elements in Iranian architecture, and one of the old crafts of this land which was mainly carried out using glazed bricks for the strength and facets of buildings; however, gradually became […]
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: “HAFT RANG TILES” SHINE AMONG THE PERSIAN HANDICRAFTS Tiling is one of the most important traditional handicrafts and art forms in Iran. Examples of Achaemenid’s glazed bricks used in Persepolis and Susa, as well as the beautiful patterns of tileworks in the Achaemenid, Parthian and Sassanid periods and, the pinnacle of this […]