Persian Wood Carving

Wood carving is one of the branches of wood handicrafts, in which the carver designs the general anatomy of the human body, birds and animals in different situations and transfers various designs to the wood using suitable tools and wood. He sculpts and leaves behind magnificent historical works. Wood turning Wood turning is one of the handicrafts of Iran, which has maintained its popularity and gradualness in this field since the distant past. Mainly, these wood industries can be seen in wooded parts of the country. In the art of turning, we can refer to (soft and wet) woods such as: wood carving, walnut, plane tree, alder, willow, etc. These handmade wooden crafts have attracted the attention of many tourists to represent and illustrate a part of Iranian art. The art of turning, which is a combination of circular movements of the device and symmetrical and horizontal turning. Today, the old wooden tools have been replaced by electric and metal tools, which has had an important impact on the speed and ease of designers.

Mosaic It is one of the most beautiful arts and delicate works on wood. Through cutting with a needle, beautiful wooden designs are created delicately and precisely, which are then oiled to make them shiny. 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 wooden crafts. Al-Maraq in the word means patch. This art is mostly used for decoration, and among its most important products, we can mention the surface of the table, all kinds of paintings and calligraphy that are executed in the form of wood mosaic, decoration of wooden accessories such as libraries and buffets. This branch of wood industry can be considered one of the most important fields in small workshops or home businesses.

Wood Inlay Khatam is the art of decorating the surface of objects with small triangles, whose various designs have always been regular geometric shapes. These geometric shapes are made by placing small triangles together. It can be said that Khatam works are geometric maps made of equilateral triangles, which are made of ivory, bone, wood, and brass wire, and are usually glued to the surface of objects with a thickness of two millimeters. Read more...