Marquetry Inlay Candy Bowl With Lid
Marquetry Inlay (Khatamkari) Candy Bowl With Lid: The art of inlaying is one of the most important handicrafts of Iran. This industry has a great artistic value.
The history of inlaying in Iran has been
going on since ancient times. In general, first, we need to see what is inlay
and who is inlay or inlay.
Khatam is a combination of regular polygons with different numbers of sides that are formed by using different raw materials in different colors. It is five, six, eight, or ten-sided.
Khatam is one of the detailed and productive handicrafts that requires a lot of precision and patience to produce and make.
The polygons that are used in Khatam making.
In the dictionary of Dehkhoda Khatamsaz,
it has the following meaning:
“The one who places bone fragments in wood with carvings.
” Khatamsazi is called the act of Khatamsaz.
In the Persian encyclopedia, it is stated about Khatamkari and Khatamsazi: “The art of decorating the surface of objects like a mosaic, with small triangles.
” Various designs of Khatam have always been in the form of regular geometric shapes. These geometric shapes are made by placing small triangles together.
The triangles are made from various types of wood, metal, and bone. The smaller and more delicate the triangles are, the better the inlay is.
In an inlay design, at least three triangles are used to make the smallest geometric unit,
and for the largest one, a maximum of four hundred triangles are used.”
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