Wooden Crafts in Iran

Wooden Crafts in Iran

Wooden Crafts is one of the most attractive crafts that anyone can see when it comes to art and beauty. A delicate and beautiful handmade wood work has for many years demonstrated its creative taste, and since its raw materials are wood, there are many, naturally occurring parts of Iran, all kinds of handicraft products that Made of wood or stems of trees are also welcomed

Sculpture:

Wood sculpture is one of the branches of wood crafts in which geometrical sculpture designs the general anatomy of the human body, of birds and animals in different states, and transmits different designs to the wood using appropriate tools and wood. The statue is carved and the monumental monuments are immense.

Woodturning:

Woodturning is one of the handmade wood industries of Iran, which has maintained its continuity and progress in this field from long ago. Most of these wood industries can be seen in the more wooded areas of the country.
In fine art, wood (soft and wet) such as: white wood, walnut, plane tree, alder, willow, etc. can be mentioned. These handicrafts have drawn the attention of many tourists to represent and illustrate a part of Iranian art.
The art of Woodturning, which combines rotational motions with horizontal and symmetrical turning machines, which nowadays have replaced wooden and metal tools, which have had a significant impact on designers’ speed and comfort. .

Mosaic:

One of the most beautiful and delicate arts on wood is the mosaic. Through the needle cutting, fine-grained wood designs emerge, which then lubricate to shine. It should be noted that the wood of each tree naturally has its own color, which is used to create different colors and textures in this field of wood crafts. Mosaic in the word means patch. This art is mostly used for decorating, and its most important products are table tops, types of paintings and calligraphies that are executed in the form of wood, decorating wooden accessories such as a library and a buffet. This branch of the wood industry can be one of the major disciplines in small workshops or home businesses.

Inlay:

Art inlay is the decoration of small triangular-level objects whose various designs have always been in regular geometric shapes. These geometric shapes are embedded in small triangles. It can be said that the end of the work is geometric drawings made of equilateral triangles made of ivory, bone, wood and brass wire, which are usually two millimeters thick on the surface of objects.

Mat weaving :

One of the branches of the handicrafts is wood, which is especially prevalent among the villagers living by the sea and by the river, due to the car plants that grow in these areas, especially along the swamps. Raw materials for the mat include wheat stalks, rice, palm trees, plants such as bamboo and oranges. In Iran, this industry is specific to southern cities that have palm trees. Of course, it is produced elsewhere, but most of it is in the southern region, which makes a variety of baskets, baskets, pots and tablecloths from the palm tree. Pearl weaving, weaving, basket weaving, and wicker are subdivisions of mat weaving.

Woodcarving :

Wood carving is one of the handicraft arts and crafts, which exemplifies the role and paintings of the wood carving. The first woodcarving history goes back to the distant past that carved wood with simple tools and, of course, because of different weather conditions and the not so long life of the wood, it lost its resistance. And.

Wood lattice:

One of the applications is called handicrafts (lattice wood). To implement the grid, after removing the design on the wood, the negative parts of the design are removed by means of tools such as cords and saws, so that the original design remains grid. To make the design look more beautiful.

Aras:

It is a kind of wooden window that has different designs and dimensions, and includes colored glass that has been scarce today and is produced only for beauty and décor on a smaller scale than before. One of the most important features of these windows is the geometric beauty and role, and because of the fine grid of the window and the colored glass, in addition to the light entering the room, it is possible to see from the outside into the room. And it was very popular in old houses. In the old houses of Kashan, Yazd and Isfahan there are beautiful sash windows.

Wood fuel:

In wood-fired art, different molds are made of steel or brass with traditional designs in mind. By heating these molds on the fire and pressing them on the wood and transferring the effect of this burn, beautiful artwork emerges that has such uses as table tops, furniture, jewelry boxes, and more.

Woodwork:

Joinery is also one of Iran’s beautiful handicrafts. Wood carving is one of the valuable and versatile strands of wood in which the wood is lined according to its design and role. With this technique, the delicate and delicate wood products are ultimately exquisite, precision and beautifully produced.