Iran

Zilou weaving

Zilou weaving

Zilou is a traditional and hand-woven craft which is used for furnishing and floor covering. It dates back to sixth and seventh century B.C....
Turquoise inlay

Turquoise inlay

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...

Kashi (tile) making

The art of making earthenware mud bricks with a layer of coloured glazed designs and patterns to cover all kinds of surfaces of construction...
Pottery

Pottery

Pottery is the art of forming clay in different shapes using arm force and talent, innovation and artistic creativity simultaneously. Undoubtedly, pottery is the...
Moarajh (mosaic)

Moarajh (mosaic)

Mosaic involves cutting pieces of colourful wood such as ebony, maple, berry, sycamore ash, teak, shemshad, jujube, betel nut, walnut or pear into shapes...
Mat weaving

Mat weaving

Mat weaving has been one of the most ancient hand-woven arts of human beings, which were supplied by weaving herbal fibres into each other....
Lock Making

Lock Making

Lock making is an art that originated from forging, which was viewed as a vocation in the past. In the second millennium BC, locking...

Leather pyrography

Leather pyrography is an art which creates very fine coloured tableaus by means of real leather patches. In this art different parts of the...

Moshabbak (lattice working)

Moshabbak (lattice working) is a kind of decorative work which is performed on the surface of metals like gold, silver and copper. Moshabbak means...

Kilim weaving

Kilim is a kind of wool carpet and cover without pile, which is woven as double-faced and jointed. The raw material is usually sheep...

Karbafi (weaving)

Karbafi, the art of traditional fabric weaving, is one of the most ancient methods of weaving in the textile industry. The history of textile...
Glass

Persian Traditional Glassblowing

Glassblowing in Iran is a process of making different utensils and articles with melted material according to traditional methods including blowing and mold-blowing. Usually,...