Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• reyhane rahiminezhadan ¹
• mehrnoosh shafie ²
• gholamreza hashemi ³

¹ Art university of isfahan

² Associate Professor, Department of Handicrafts / Faculty of Handicrafts / Isfahan University of Arts

³ Assistant Professor, Department of Handicrafts / Isfahan University of Arts / Faculty of Handicrafts

Abstract

Since many years ago when the exact time is not available, pottery has flourished in the Lar region, which includes the cities of Lar. The pottery objects of this region are made with the aim of meeting the essential needs of daily life, but today, with the change of people's taste and the use of industrial alternatives, a large number of old pottery are not made. Therefore, it seems necessary to take action for preserving and recording this art.
This research by considering of questions such as how pottery is practiced in Lar today and what forms, motifs and applications are included? deal with technological features, introduction of pottery works in the region, tools, decorations, introduction of active potters, common dialects and terms related to pottery profession of this region and finally presenting of important works of culture and pottery of this region. The results of the research indicate that in the past, forms such as ghumb, chehel-o-chahar gushe, wine hookahs, etc.

Keywords

• Pottery
• Larestan
• Indigenous values of pottery
• technical characteristics of pottery