Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/05/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That may not strain the back, but it is real MANUAL labor. Beautiful work! Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 5/20/2016 11:39 AM, Tina Manley wrote: > PESO: > > My Syrian refugee project is on hold until after the committee meeting on > Monday so I've gone back to Iran. > > Our next adventure was visiting a craft center in Isfahan where artisans > are given a space to create their crafts which are for sale to tourists. > We were the only tourists there. One workshop was making Khatam which is a > form of marquetry - inlaid pieces used to elaborately decorate boxes, > furniture and other things. I had no idea how it was made. Bundles of > strands of different kinds of wood, metal, gold are glued together and then > sliced very thinly and glued to the surfaces. > The process is tedious but beautiful! > > http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL96g/I0000eu5W6pk8I.8 > > and continue to end. Click Less Info for a larger photo. > Coming up next, a family of locksmiths making unique locks. > > C&C greatly appreciated. > > Tina