Handicrafts yazd

Blacksmithing

Blacksmithing

The experienced blacksmiths of yazd use ordinary tools such as pliers, hammers, knives, chisels and so on. Mehriz, Aqda, Nodoushan, Sakhvid and Khezrabad are premier centers of Blacksmithing. Reference: irib.ir...

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Carpet and Rug

Carpet and Rug

In 1996, there were 65000 carpets weaving looms at work across the province and some 30,000 weavers were engaged in this old artistic and economic activity. Five square meters of Carpet is woven by each weaver per year. Carpets are usually made in 3x4, 2.5x3.5, 2.5x2.5, and 1x1 sizes ...

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Daraie

Daraie

yazd is a premier Daraie-weaving center in Iran, which is a kind of soft silk fabric with gorgeous-colored diamond shapes on it. The warps are always dyed before weaving. As the weaver makes the fabric, the colors and designs gradually appear. Daraie was made of natural silk in the ...

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Giveh Making ( Giveh weaving )

Giveh Making (...

Giveh is a type of traditional Iranian shoes that are very comfortable and suit Iranian climates (especially its dry climate). It is made of cotton threads which let the air in and cool the feet. The best type of Giveh is called ‘Maleki’. It comes in colors like black, brown and mostl...

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Handmade Rug ( Kilim and Zilou )

Handmade Rug (...

Meybod is a premier zilou-producing center. With regard to its pattern and fabric, it resembles wicker works and was used to Carpet the mosques and holy places. Zilou is made of cotton thread and comes in sizes of 3 meters by 4 meters or 2 meters by 3 meters. The white and blue zilou ...

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Pottery and Ceramics

Pottery and Ce...

Pottery, the oldest handmade artwork, has a 6,000-year-old history in Iran. Local people call the earthenware ‘Kevareh’, which is made of clay. The earthenware is world famous for its designs, especially “fish”, “the lady sun” and “the hen”. Meybod is a prominent Pottery-producing c...

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Termeh

Termeh

Termeh is a gorgeous silk fabric whose warp is silk thread and its pick is colorful silk, cotton and woolen threads. In olden days, people made Termeh by hand, because of which Termeh was known as “finger-woven fabric”. This gorgeous soft fabric is world famous for its patterns, espec...

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Weaving carpet ( Kilim )

Weaving carpet...

yazd's handicrafts such as rug, small carpets, Kilim, Termeh (a gorgeous hand-made silk tapestry), Pottery, earthenware and ceramic are also famous. In order to find them all you need to call on bazaar. The yazd rugs have asymmetrical ( Persian ) knots with three wefts. The number of...

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weaving pilgrim clothes

weaving pilgri...

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