Thanks, Paul. It was interesting to me because I had no idea the amount of
work involved to get those beautiful patterns!
Tina
On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 12:44 PM, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Very interesting. Nice series of shots.
>
> On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 11:39 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx> 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
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