Handicrafts of Yazd Iran

Handicrafts of Yazd Iran

Yazd handicrafts have long been associated with the lives of Yazd people. This has led us to witness the great variety of handicrafts in Yazd in Iran today and to attract the attention of all craftsmen and artists, so that today we are witnessing the production of many famous handicrafts in Yazd as workshops and factories such as textile industries.
Among the handicrafts of Yazd province, which is a prominent example of Yazd’s old men’s and women’s crafts, can be found in lacework, zilo weaving, cashmere, handmade such as candlestick, tooth weaving, yazdi handkerchief and shawl weaving.
Yazd’s famous handicrafts include:
carpet weaving
Weaving wedges
Jajim
Night tent
Velvet
Abdomen
Jim
Blankets
Pray
Lame

Ceramics and pottery

The pottery art in Yazd province, especially in the city of Meybod, has special designs and originated from the desert climate. Ceramic and Maybod ceramics are famous for their original roles of “Khatam Sun” and “Chicken and Fish”.
The “sun” symbol of the bright sun of the desert “Chicken” symbolizes the species of desert sparrows and the “fish” anecdote of the dehydration of this land.
The jars and bowls made in Yazd province, especially the ones made in Meybod, are of special elegance and beauty, and their specimens are not found in pottery elsewhere in Iran.
The Maybod coins are:
Simple glazed earthenware, glazed earthenware, ceramic tile objects.
Tiling: Tiling involves the use of beautiful traditional tiles in the architecture of buildings. This art in Yazd province is 700 years old. The artists first create the desired shapes of the tiles and then paint on them and then glaze and bake them.
Types of tiles in the province are:
Yazdi tile, relief tile, grid tile, hexagon tile, fringe tile, akmand tile, heptagon tile and joke tile.
Zargari: Zargari is one of the handicrafts of Yazd province. Goldsmiths create beautiful ornaments of simple geometric and symbolic motifs by combining gemstones and gemstones to create a wide variety of ornaments for girls and women.
These jewelry include earrings, necklaces and bras, bracelets, rings, rings and bangles.
In the province of Yazd, the order of goldsmiths has been made in the Khan market for many years.
Among the goldsmiths used up to fifty years ago and now obsolete, we can refer to scales, bushes, mud kilns, piercing tongs, ribs with small and large grooves, multiple holes in sapphire and diamond types. Kurdish.
Very modern equipment is now being used to convert gold and silver into wires and belts in just an hour.

Zylo weaving (plus weaving)

This beautiful handmade is unique to the desert region. This carpet is in line with the lifestyle of the people of the region and part of the religious beliefs, history, architecture, nature and dialects of the people in these areas have played a role.
Zilo weaving in Meybod has a long history. Some of the history of Zilo weaving in the city of Maybod dates back to the eighth century AH. The Lunar Period and the Mozaffarian Period are related.
The oldest and at the same time the most exquisite zebra of Maybod, dating from the 12th century. It belongs to it and it has twenty-four prostrations on it. Overall, the colors are slightly different, uniform and eye-catching.