Ardakan Carpet Fabrics
Raj to Raj and China to China Ardakan carpets are being torn and forgotten these days due to the negligence of the officials and custodians of this field.
The handicrafts of desert people in the most central point of Iran, namely Ardakan, with a century of activity in this field is one of the valuable and historical professions of the historical province of Yazd.
These days, Ardakani carpet weavers, who are mostly women heads of households and hardworking wives of hardworking men in this country, complain about the neglect of this valuable profession, and the growing trend of forgetting this art.
Ali Sadeghian, a carpet weaver who has doubled the pain and hardships of his work these days, describes this eye-catching art to an ISNA reporter: Since I fell in love with carpets as a child, I probably thought less about I will also witness my birthday on the carpet, the day of the death of this precious weave.
He adds: It is very unpleasant and painful to announce the death of Ardakan carpet weavers, because there will be no more blood flow in the veins of Ardakan carpet weavers, like the unhealthy days of this hand-woven rug.
Sadeghian states that the current situation of Ardakan carpets is not good at all. He would leave the houses of this land and after dismantling every humiliation he would lose his intelligence by cutting off every purity and now there is no more noise and only these invigorating sounds of production can be seen in the few carpet weaving workshops of Ardakan that It has been sustained by the efforts of its people, and if it is not heeded, it will soon sit in silence on its tired forehead.
Sadeghian states: Once upon a time, there was at least one or two carpets in each Ardakani house, which helped the hardworking families of this country, but now, not only in many other houses, there is no desire to weave carpets, but over time, forgetting about the fine threads of these fabrics Art is sitting.
I have loved carpets since I was a child, although there was nothing to be ashamed of in those days, but carpet weaving, which was mostly a woman’s profession, was a good job for men and a valuable tool for any family savings period, says the Ardakani artist.
He continues: The carpet weaving that I learned, along with the carpet weaving master of my mother’s house, which was located in the village of Mazra’e Mirha in the Khoranagh section, I gradually learned to set up a carpet hanger or sarkari.
Master Ali points out with a sweet smile: Of course, we have government rather than government! An office that maintains order and security, and our office that we are in office these days, and we are working and setting up Ardakani’s patterned carpet and pattern.
He states: Of course, in setting up this eye-catching art, official or the same as loading the carpet, there are stories, so that this art itself has been valuable in scoring the color art of Ardakan carpet, it is being forgotten.
Saqian says: At the moment, we may have a carpet master in Ardakan with the number of fingers of one hand, but since there is no desire to weave carpets like in the past, it seems that the same number of fingers will one day give him a government gift, because there is no reception. To learn this art is not seen among the youth of our country.
This Ardakan carpet artist emphasizes: Supporting carpet weavers will provide serious attention to this historical art, because now not only is there no trustee in Ardakan to pay special attention to this art, but it has been done carelessly, even in style. The texture of Ardakan carpets is also being forgotten.
He admits: in the form of setting up another rug, no one acts like in the past, and although it affects the quality of the rug, changing the title of Ardakani rug to Kashani rug under the pretext of changing its loading style is inappropriate and should be considered.