Blog Tag : souvenir

Ghalamkar is one of the most important Iranian handicrafts, which is mainly produced in the city of Isfahan, and it is the art of printing motifs on textiles.

A while after the first men learned to make clothes out of animals’ fur and skin, they came up with the idea of creating rugs with the same fur to sit on soft rugs instead of hard cold rocks. Kilim and felt rugs, with a simpler weaving method are the first rugs that men invented. According to the evidence weaving kilims dates back to 2500 years ago. But what are Kilims?

As one of the oldest and most important inventions of humans, the art of pottery in Iran traces back to 8000 years B.C. Ancient potteries let the archeologists know more about the society, art, and technology during a specific period and Iranians have made pieces of pottery using different tools, pottery methods, and ornamental motifs during millenniums.