Isfahan is home to many well trained craftsmen who practice the delicate art of filigree.
Iran (IMNA) - Persian filigree is a delicate, lacelike artwork composed of interwoven silver strings. Broadly used since ancient times for jewelry and making vessels, the art consists of coiling, winding, or knitting fine, flexible metal cords, and brazing them at their contact points with each other or with the metal substructures.
Iranians make filigree works in great elegance with fine details. Isfahani artists know so well how to play with the bands of metal to create ornamental masterpieces.
The practicing of even the basic form of a filigree artwork is an elaborated task that requires a group of four to five craftsmen.
Before making any filigree object, artists should first draw a design by hand, then put the patterns into practice. Artificers take advantage of Spartan hand tools to transmogrify the silver strands into filigree works.
All filigree craftsmen sit in groups and everyone performs his/her own duty in the process of creating an artwork. They carefully twist silver wires using the basic hand tools to make holey shapes for finer designs.
When silversmiths finish giving shapes to the artworks by fire, they wash, clean and polish the products.
Isfahan is home to many well trained craftsmen who practice the delicate art of filigree. Let's see how Isfahani artists give life to silver strings.
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