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We offer Iranian handicrafts to the whole world in most of our persian online store. The country of Iran, considering its civilization and culture of several thousand years, has many handicrafts in its place. Iranian handicrafts use a variety of raw materials, which are most widely used in Iranian handicrafts due to the sources of copper, silver, wood, turquoise, silk and sheep wool. These handicrafts exist in all geographical parts of Iran according to the type of livelihood and civilizations it has seen.
In societies that have a civilization of several thousand years, usually arts and crafts have been particularly popular. Because civilization and urban life forced people to invent tools and industries. Civilizations usually developed under the banner of great empires and monarchies. Because the country of Iran has a civilization of 5000 thousand years and has a rich tradition and culture. We can see a variety of arts and crafts in it. In Iran, in almost all climatic and geographical areas, we witness lasting art as handicrafts.
Khatamkari is regular and coloured polygons on the surface of the work based on creating a geometric or mosaic-like design or a triangle, which in total or creating a regular design creates a stylish, beautiful, and eye-catching work. These geometric shapes are patterned by placing small triangles together.
Triangles are made from various types of wood, metal, and bone. The finer and finer the triangles, the better the seal.
In a Khatam design, to make the smallest geometric unit, at least three triangles are used, and for the largest one, a maximum of four hundred triangles are used.
Khatamkari is one of the most original and beautiful branches of handicrafts in Iran, and its production requires time, precision, tolerance, and patience in addition to the artist’s taste and artistic vision.
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