Wandering around the Iranian villages, we find a rich craft
tradition and a high degree of technical excellence in the field of pottery, sculpture,
jewelry, weaving etc. Kalpoorgan village
is one of that fascinating villages where is located in Sistan and Baloochestan
province in southeast of Iran has recently nominated as the first handicraft village
in the world. What attracts the attention of the world to the Kalpoorgan
pottery is the making of pottery without use of a pottery wheel, so that all
the pottery is done with traditional, primitive methods by Baloch women. The abstract roles and motifs have been inspired from
ancient paints and are completely geometric reminiscent of historic art of that
area. The warm harmony
between the reddish shade of the potteries and the brown motifs make these
crafts more and more eye catching. These
pinched potteries with their amazing patterns and has been transmitted
to the next generations without any change in the way they are made. Local
artists have still kept the simple yet expressive method of creating these
pieces of art.
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| Pottery museum in Kalpoorgan,Sistanbaloochestan,Iran |
