Carpet production costs have risen
Danaeifar, stating that in the past, Hamedan carpet sellers had 50 weavers, points out: Many carpet shops in Hamedan had weavers, but today it is not profitable and weavers do not weave carpets for 10 or 20 thousand Tomans a day.
He goes on to point out that production costs have risen and rugs are not being bought: Today, not only do we have a problem with weaving, but all the creams and raw materials for the carpet have become of poor quality, so that in the past the creams were vegetable but now they are of poor quality.
Danaeifar points out: Haj Khanami Naghsh Jozan’s designs have been among the handmade carpet designs in Hamedan, but unfortunately today no one weaves these designs because it is not economically viable.
This seller of handmade carpets in Hamedan believes: Today, no one sits on a rug for 20,000 Tomans a day, because if they give the rug to the weaver according to the money, his daily food will still not be spent, so no one will weave a rug, and if the existing rugs are exported, another rug will be exported. We will not have.
With the guidance of one of the veterans of the Hamedan carpet market, who himself was a weaver in the past, I went to another room where two brothers were weaving carpets. I sit next to them and start talking, I ask them to introduce themselves as the older brother starts talking.
Alireza Valadi, stating that he started weaving carpets at the age of eight, says: Today, the hand-woven carpet market is asleep and there are no more masters of carpet weaving in Hamedan.
This hand-woven carpet weaver from Hamedan, who is engaged in weaving Bijar Anguri carpet, continues: Today, there is no carpet weaver in Hamedan because he wants capital and there are no old masters who can work.
Valadi complains about not having carpet weaving insurance, noting that in the period of a person who was a mechanic, carpet weaving insurance was provided, but I, who have been a carpet weaver since I was a child, could not get carpet weaving insurance and now I can not be insured due to old age.
This carpet weaver says about the capital required for weaving a carpet board: I have spent seven million tomans for weaving a carpet and they buy it at a price of seven million, while this carpet must be sold for 20 million.