Iranian Journal of hand woven carpet

A Model for Product Development Process with an Approach to Agility in the Hand-Woven Carpet Industry Using Grounded Theory Methodology

gholamreza hashemzadeh khorasgani

The hand-woven carpet industry has faced many challenges due to internal and external factors. The use of scientific and pre-planned methods through which the impacts of these factors can be mitigated or eliminated can lead to the prosperity of this influential industry on culture, economy, and social life. Presenting a model for product development is one of these scientific methods. The product development model is used to ensure the realization of customers' demands and satisfaction regarding the product and procedures, increase quality and reduce the wastage from the phase of collecting customers' requirements to the production phase and delivery of the product to the end-user, and even supervision over after-sales services and collection of the feedback, patterns, standards, procedures, and methods. On the other hand, the process of development and production of the new products has undergone great changes due to the increase in global risks, the fast changes in customers' needs and wants, and the increased risk-taking, which has focused the attention on agility strategies in production procedures. The present study seeks to present an exclusive product development model for the Iranian hand-woven carpet industry adopting an agility approach. The study first conducts desk research to investigate goods and service development models and agile production models and proceeds to filter the indicators extracted from the studied models using expert opinions and fuzzy Delphi technique, the result of which is the compilation of 47 indicators selected by the experts out of the 147 total indicators. Afterward, measures were taken to achieve specific indicators since hand-woven carpet production is different from most other industries in nature. For this purpose, open-ended interviews and theoretical saturation (snowball technique) were used to collect new data through interviews with experts. The interviews continued to the point of theoretical saturation. In the next stage, the grounded method was used to extract codes from the open-ended interview transcripts, the result of which was the compilation of 31 new indicators. Eventually, the indicators obtained from the two methods were integrated and the exclusive model for this industry was developed using the Atlas. ti v.8 software. The final model is made up of eight main dimensions, seven sub-dimensions, and 47 sub-indicators.

Production of Storage Bags in the Qashqai Tribe based on the Anthropology of Art

shahdokht rahimpour

Nomadic hands-woven are the most important manifestation of indigenous and tribal art. This is representing a set of social and cultural characteristics of nomadic life. In the Qashqai tribe, storage bags are one of the practical products of the women of the tribe. The production of many practical fabrics has become obsolete due to the change in the life structure of tribe, the settlement of nomads, the migration of a large number of nomads to rural and urban areas, the replacement of cheap goods in accordance with the needs of life. The purpose of this study is to identify the structural and functional characteristics of this type of hands-woven in the Qashqai tribe and to study these products based on the anthropology of art. The data collection of this research is based on field research and library study. The research finding is presented by descriptive-analytical method. Storage weavings in various sizes were chosen as indicators in accordance with the needs of nomadic life. Women artists and the choice of weaving technique of hand-woven fabrics are defined in accordance with their function. The index is a strong sign of the artist’s creative performance and expresses the artist’s agency and the headline expresses the artist’s position. As an indicator, these hands-woven play a central role, which is also the heritage of the tribal community and a factor for the continuation of the weaving style process that has remained to this day.

Comparative study of the tiles of Ebrahim Khan School with Kerman carpet designs in the Qajar period

Mahdieh Ziaadini Dashtkhaki

Some years after the Qajar attack to Kerman, Ibrahim Khan Zahir al-Doleh was elected governor of the city. With the beginning of Ibrahim Khan's rule in Kerman, the construction of useful buildings and the improvement of people's livelihood were on his agenda. After that, arts such as carpet weaving, which had lost their prosperity, were revived. The buildings were decorated with colorful tiles and the houses were decorated with handmade carpets. Therefore, these arts had a special place. Due to the prosperity of these arts, the question arises whether there are similarities in the decoration of the tiles used in the buildings of this period, including Ebrahim Khan School and Kerman carpet designs, and assuming similarities, this effect and effects up to How much has it been? The answers to these questions show the evolution of motifs and how they function in different arts. The method of this research is analytical-comparative and by studying library sources and examining images, it tries to identify, classify, analyze and adapt patterns. Finally, evaluating the elements and motifs used in the designs, in these two branches of Art shows the similarities and differences in the use of patterns.

Identifying the reasons and how the Safavid dynasty related to the carpet production (With an Emphasis on Communication of Book Designing Artists and Carpet designing ones)

majid reza moghanipour

Safavid ruling dynasty may be considered as a founder of the social government which caused the establishments and social, political, economic and religious offices were active under the protection of a relatively centralized administrative structure. They had already no any formal position in governments and courts. In this period, appropriate cultural policy-makings and relative security of cities and villages provided necessary bases in order to thrive many arts and techniques. Carpet weaving was one of these most significant arts. The main purpose of this article is to analyze the various aspects of the importance of carpets for the Safavid court and, consequently, to identify the different types of relationship between the central government and the production of this product. The research uses a historic approach and an analytic-descriptive method. To achieve the purpose of the research, in addition to valid historical and research sources, samples of carpets of that period have also been studied.
In the process of conducting this research, the importance of the activities related to the production and supply of carpets and the reasons for supervising them were examined from four aspects: religious and social, commercial, tax and artistic income.. Then, a direct and indirect role of the officials like Bashi and Moshrif became clear in this process. Furthermore, by studying remained documents, it is possible to reconstruct the existence of professional relations between artists active in the field of writing and book decoration with the society that produces court carpets.

An analysis of the kilim designs of Koohdasht city and the factors affecting their emergence

habib shahbazi

Abstract
Kilim handicrafts are common women's craftworks in some nomadic and rural areas of Iran. These handicrafts have various textures and patterns in different parts of the country, which in some parts are representative of the culture of that region. One of the common arts in Lorestan province is kilim weaving, using traditional patterns that have undergone various changes over time. Some of the prominent features of this art in this region ar symmetry, variety, abstraction, and graphicity of the designs. The designs of Lorestan kilims have been indicants of the people's beliefs, convictions and traditions which have been passed down from generation to generation, for many years. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the patterns of Lorestan kilim and the effective factors of their emergence. The main purpose of this study is to study the most important designs used on the carpets of Kuhdasht city with the influence of the culture of the people of the region and also the effective factors in their emergence. The main questions of this research are posed as follows; How many types of hand-woven kilims are in this region? And which factor has been effective in the emergence of Lorestan kilim's patterns and designs? The research method of this study is descriptive-analytical. Data collection method of the study is library and field. This study deals with qualitative analysis of the studied samples. The results of this study indicate that the patterns woven in Lorestan kilims are as following: Ritual and mythological motifs (cypress, the tree of life (pine) along with chamois, the Mother Goddess, mountain), animal and bird motifs (chamois, horse, rooster, duck), motifs of banquets and mourning ceremonies (dance), plant motifs and motifs derived from religious beliefs (patterns of the Howz). It can also be said that most of the designs used in these handicrafts have been continually inspired by the designs of Lorestan bronze up to this day.

Rereading Houshang Shah's carpet with Western diplomats from the perspective of social semiotics

Iman Zakariaee Kermani

One of the rugs of Houshang Shahi, which has some different visual elements from other rugs in this category, is a rug called Houshang Shah with Western diplomats. The simultaneous presence of the mythical king of Iran and the foreigners in a modern dress in this rug, as well as how it can be related to the active elements of this text, is an issue that has been less considered so far. The main hypothesis of the research is that the visual elements of this rug have features and meanings that by referring to the related pretexes, it is possible to read the text, understand the communication aspects of the actors and its social interpretation. The aim of the research is to gain an understanding of why the past and the present are intertwined, to identify the distinct visual elements that exist, to understand the relationships of the actors, and to identify the pretexts that have influenced the designs of this rug. Research method and theoretical framework of this research is the method of social semiotics of the image of Gunter Kress and Theo van Leeuwen. The main results of this article include changing the time of the inscription on the carpet, the impact of objects represented from the royal thrones and the architecture of the marble columns in the Qajar era, reproducing the concepts of Farah Izadi and the qibla of the world, wishing to return to the authority of mythical kings Influence of pre-texts such as ancient lithographs, Iranian painting, classical literature and Persian folk tales, recognizing the reasons for proximity and the relationship of heterogeneous actors with possible scenarios, the similarity of the emergence of elements of modernity with the court, the relationship of choosing Houshang Shah as The first legislator with the current of legalism in Iran, the inspiration of the inner border of the carpet from the margins of printed works, the importance of composition and accuracy in using colors and lines in creating meaning, classification and classification of characters, the effect of framing in showing our concept And another and the importance of representing the image in the Qajar era.

Objective aesthetics in rural rugs with Mikel Dufrenne's approach ( Case study: Yelmeh and Minakhani designs)

elahe imani

Aesthetics is one of the important topics in the evaluation of works of art and can be examined from two aspects, objective and subjective. Rural and Tribal ruges in Iran are the result of the taste and mental creativity of weavers and designers who, despite being mentally woven, have a lot of harmony. The purpose of this study is to analyze the visual aesthetics of such carpets and due to their diversity and to avoid the breadth of the subject, studies the two designs from the region Yalmeh and Minakhani with this question: How are the principles of objective aesthetics reflected in the designs of Medallion and Brick-shaped Yalmeh and Minakhani? This qualitative research has been done by descriptive-analytical method and using library resources and based on Mikel Dufrenne's objective view of aesthetics and Ocvirk's view and visual principles, which is one of the main sub-branches of the objective aesthetic view. The results show that the correct structure of visual principles in rural carpet motifs as an art object leads to aesthetic perception of these works by the audience so that seven factors of Ocvirk approach including harmony, proportion, balance, motion, hegemony and brevity in the design and color of the studied samples are evident and only in Minakhani rugs, the principle of design diversity is less due to the repetition of patterns. Also, maintaining geometric proportions and observing visual and symbolic principles in form and color are other components of aesthetics in them

A comparative study of the text inside the Mihrabi rug by Zareh Penyamin and Topkapi Palace Museum according to the existing discourse in the 16th and 19th

Sahel erfanmanesh

IIn the country of Turkey, in the city of Hereke, at the end of the 19th century, rugs known as Mihrabi became popular, which were inspired by the rugs of the Safavid era and kept in the Topkapi Palace Museum. In these rugs, which are reproduced in royal workshops on a large scale, some changes have been made in the verbal text and incorporated visual elements. Among the rugs that seem to have had a great impact on the rugs of this period in terms of appearance, there is a rug from the Safavid era that is kept in the Topkapi Palace Museum. This rug has been reproduced in large numbers in Herke with slight changes in the verbal text and its visual elements. An example of this reproduction is the rug designed by "Zare". In the verbal text of the "Zare" rug, Persian words have a special place; also, the existing rug has a signature. Meanwhile the verbal text of the Safavid rug is in Arabic and has no signature. Since these rugs were woven in two different cultures and times, the question is: What role did the dominant discourse in the society play in the changes made in the verbal texts and visual signs in the reproduction of the rug kept in Topkapi Palace Museum? In order to achieve a suitable answer using the analytical-comparative method, the mentioned rugs were compared with each other in both periods and the dominant discourse was examined. According to the comparison, it was concluded that the rug of the Safavid era expressed the mystical thought of that period. Meanwhile, in its reproduction by "Zare "and its minor changes, attention has been paid more to the rug not as a handwoven product for conduct and worship, but as a product to express humanist and nationalistic ideas and to represent the golden age of the Ottoman Empire.

Typology of the time identity in Qajar carpet based on Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics

Seyyed Reza Hosseini

Time, its concept, and its way of perception and expression are among the topics of interest in different fields of human thought. The way of looking at the time has caused to various opinions about its nature.The carpet artists of the Qajar era, influenced by the process of transformations in different fields, acquired new experiences in designing than in previous periods. Faced with phenomena like time, artists represented it according to their subjective and objective universe and the capacities of the carpet.The problem of this research is the interpretation and understanding of time in the design and pattern of the Qajar carpet as a text medium, based on the proposition of "understanding" in Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutic approach. Based on the necessity of knowing the different aspects of carpets, including the representational capacity and implications of the meanings of the design and pattern of carpets, the purpose of this article is to identify the time, quality, and identity of its types in Qajar carpets.
The main questions for this research are: What does the representation of time look like in the Qajar rug? How to explain the understanding of time and the identity of its types in the carpet of Qajar based on the philosophic hermeneutic of Gadamer? To get answers to the research questions, the five samples of the Qajar carpet pattern were selected by a non-probability method and studied based on the content analysis method. The nature of this research is basic in terms of qualitative research. The method of data collecting is the documentary- library and artworks observation, and the means of collecting information are research sheets and pictures. Based on the findings, time on the Qajar carpet was recorded qualitatively and quantitatively with related signs.Ritual events, mythological thoughts, and traditions, different writings, creating movement and time sequence using spatial contrast, visual elements, reading writings, leveling the work, narrative and its elements, using symbols referring to time, They are one of the generative preconceptions of time.and with denotation and connotation signification and the re-reading of texts absent from the work, they cause mental association and intuitive understanding of the types of time on the carpet. In addition, the dominant discourses in the Qajar period were effective in the way that society and the carpet artist faced the times and its types.King power and authority, nationalism, traditionalism, modernism, myth and religion are among the most significant of these discourses.