Iran, as one of the most ancient civilizations of the world owns an enormous wealth of traditional masterpieces; wherever you go you will come across various local handmade products made by Iranian artisans. Handicrafts are important cultural exports and the best souvenir which can be the representative of the Persian culture. The area of Iranian craft is very wide but the most famous Iranian handicrafts include: Carpet waving, carving, pottery, miniature engraving, calligraphy, tiling and gilding.
Carpet is a type of woven spread made of cotton, wool and in some cases silk that is commonly used to cover the floor. Since carpets and rugs have always had beautiful patterns on them, today its decorative aspect is also considered. From 2014 onwards, Kashan was introduced as the carpet capital of the world and this lasting work was registered in the UNESCO heritage with the number 00383.
Khatami Kari or marquetry is one of famous Iranian handicrafts, which is common in Shiraz and Isfahan. And the oldest samples belong to Safavaid era. The artists are covering and decorating the surface of wooden objects with pieces of wood, bones, and metals that have been cut into tiny and delicate triangle shapes especially like “star» and in different color.
Gabbeh is kind of a carpet that is usually woven in small size by Lor and Qashqai nomads. Gabbeh has long villi and more weaves are used in its texture, which has a significant effect on Gabbeh's softness. The number of wefts of some gabbehs sometimes reaches from three to eight wefts in each ridge and the height of the villi sometimes up to one centimeter.
Gelim (or kilim) is a rug that is woven from weaving fabric onto woven threads. Glim or plush is a type of underlayment and covering handicraft that is woven from silk, goat hair, fleece or other domestic animals. The kilim, in its traditional form, is commonly used to cover floors, walls or bedspreads for load-bearing animals, but is now also purchased as a modern cover for townhouses. The colors used in traditional kilims are Plant dyes. Sometimes kilims are washed with tea and walnut shell for more effect and aging of the color.
Toreutics is an Iranian field of art which is considered as handicrafts and artistic metalworking. The art grew over time into what is now practiced mostly in historical, art-friendly cities like Isfahan. Toreutics is one of the many things that attract visitors to such cities. It has assimilated subject matters from centuries of Iranian art, philosophy, and history into harmonious depictions of man, nature, and abstract notions.There is no clear history on its background;
tilework is one of the main handicrafts of iran . Whenever you travel to Iran in different cities, you will see the multi-colored tiles, covering and decorating the ancient building such as mosques and traditionalhouse like nasiralmolk in shiraz or sheikhlotfollahmosque in isfahan . kashihaftrang (sevencolortile ) is the best souvenir , reminded the glories and beauty of Iran. Seven-color tiles with the most beautiful designs and colors can be used for decorating houses, making decorative clocks and ….
One of the most popular traditional Iranian designs on clothes, such as scarves, shawls, bags, shoes, coats, designs similar to beautiful tiles in antiquities, mosques and shrines, which has attracted many fans today. Tiles with attractive and colorful designs. If you are interested in clothes with tile designs, join us
Embroidered is one of the most beautiful and oldest traditional needlework in Iran with colored woolen threads on the shawl, which has deep roots in the cultural history of Kerman. Pete embroidered fabric has a special elegance and beauty that is covered with delicate embroidered needles. .The base fabric is a thick, woolen cloth Thousands of times the needle is struck on the shawl by the artist's claw of a lady from Kerman with yarn, black, light green and dark green, yellow, orange, red, light blue and dark blue, green, a needle flower pattern will appear on the fabric and the most beautiful .needlework in the world will be created