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: “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 […]

IRAN ART EXHIBITION: WHAT IS THE IRANIAN ART “GHALAMZANI”? Qalamzani (also Ghalamzani) is an Iranian ancient metalwork art. It is engraving by chisels and hammers on different metals such as gold, silver, copper, brass, and some alloys. Its origin dates back to 5-7 thousand years ago; though its documented history goes back to the Sassanid […]