1 2008-2738 Iran Carpet Scientific Association 202 Keshavarz Afshar mehdi 1 9 2015 11 27 5 21 24 05 2015 16 09 2015
203 Status and Measure of the Effects of Carpet Design as an Academic Discipline on Economic Improvement of Iranian Carpet in the Contemporary Period Rahim Panah Fatameh Houshiar Mehran d d Faculty of Arts, University of Sureh 1 9 2015 11 27 23 39 07 04 2015 21 07 2015 Nowadays, the hand-woven carpet industry has lost its status in international market due to economic issues and international policy towards Iran, moving it into a slow deterioration. On the other hand, the domestic market of hand-woven carpet has recessed in a way that even those few shoppers can’t afford buying carpets. The hand-woven carpet market situation needs changes in cultural and economic terms. It is time to make use of modern methods and ways, in line with preserving originality and traditional cultural identity in design and color, in order to further boom this industrial art in global market. Carpet design, as an academic discipline, has the capability of training an educated social class with the ability to implement projects with current popular taste and world of education. Therefore, studies on this discipline and making it recognized in amongst traditional carpet marketers is crucially required. This descriptive-analytic study, with its data being gathered through a field and library research, concludes that with the current economic conditions and the syllabus of carpet design as a discipline at hand, graduates of Carpet as a field of study, design and coloring, for instance, obtain the crucial skills needed to become a skillful designer, producer, export consultant etc. scientifically and technically. The final conclusion could be that the current recession of hand-woven carpet market needs young new thoughts. Old designs and colors do not respond to the needs of today’s confused market. Graduates of this field of study have the needed skills to consult with experienced producers, in order to achieve more of a financial productivity 527 Identification, Evaluation and Measurement of Musculoskeletal Disorders Caused by Malposition of Renovator and Improper Instruments of Carpet REnovation for Design and Construction of Iran Carpet renovation Workstation Thosian Shandiz Gholamreza e Chitsazian amir hossein f e Isfahan University of Arts f Faculty of Architecture and Art, University of Kashan 1 9 2015 11 27 45 58 14 04 2015 19 08 2015 Renovating carpets is done in a seating position on the floor, using simple tools. To improve the seating position of Iranian carpets renovators and reduce ergonomic problems, and to repair the connection of damaged carpet to frame, this three-phase study is carried out on 72 menders of 12 mending workshops in Shiraz, their way of working and their tools. The first phase studies symptoms of musculoskeletal disorders. The second phase studies connection of carpet to the support during mending. A proper work station was designed, based on the findings and needs of target population with simultaneous inclusion of the outcomes of the first two phases. The result of the first phase showed that most diseases or complaints are related to the knees, back and waist. It was concluded that amendments can be focused on the removal of undesirable situation of mentioned areas through design and construction of workstation. The results of the second phase show that the method of using some mending tools during mending interventions can lead into damages to the carpet and mender. The third phase of the study is based on the physical dimensions of the Iranian menders and correct connection type of rug to the support for mending designed and built workstation. Assessment of working situation is done before and after the intervention and final scores are compared in both cases. Results show that working on the designed table improve the situation of trunk and legs, but it worsens the forearm and upper arm situation. This revealed the effectiveness of corrective action. Meanwhile, using general arms to latch carpet onto the support prevented new damages to carpet 205 Celebrations of Creation in Fars’ Shiri Carpets Azadeh Pashootani zadeh 1 9 2015 11 27 55 76 20 05 2015 12 09 2015 The common element in the Persian Shiri carpets is lion, sometimes accompanied with Sword and full or half sun. Sword is a symbol of power & war and Sun is a symbol of Imam Ali (PBUH). In addition to lion and sun, pictures of lion-cow-attack, with their ancient history in Iranian art, are represented in Fars’ Shiri carpets in other methods. For this reason, calendar, changes of seasons & Star Circuits are factors affecting on symbolism of each period. Solar gods & goddesses or Water gods & goddesses have symbols in sky & earth, representing their divine form, in relation with concepts like movements of stars and planets (sun, Venus, Mercury, and Mars) and animals like lion and cow. The combination of lion and cow is specifically for the district of Fars (the third land); so is the combination of lion and sun for other districts of Iran (the fourth land). The combination of lion and sun as the representation of the forth land is another interpretation of the combination of lion and cow as the representation of the third land, according to astronomical and sidereal concordances. This descriptive-analytic paper tries to find points of similarity between gods & goddesses in ancient civilizations, and illustrates & analyzes the roots of their shapes for finding common forms between Anahita, Mehr, Tir & Bahram through document and library research. The reason is that these gods & goddesses have retrospective effects and the heavenly representation of their duties were existent in celebrations of creation. 206 Analysis of Design and Pattern of Contemporary Village Carpets of Ahar Abdi Somayeh h Bassam Seyed Jalal Eddin i Mirzaei Abdollah j h Islamic Art University of Tabriz i Institute of Technical and Vocational Higher Education j Tabriz Islamic Art University 1 9 2015 11 27 77 97 21 04 2015 15 09 2015 Ahar is one of the carpet weaving regions in Eastern Azerbaijan. This paper is to document the designs of carpets of this area. Data is collected through surveying, using methods of observation and interviewing weavers, merchants and scholars. Six ‌carpet designs of six villages of this area including Qunigh, Cheshme Vazan, Qurchi Kandy, Haj Abedin Mazre'eh, Kaghalagh and Kalhur are studied and analyzed. The composition found in village carpets of Ahar is rectilinear medallion-spandrel. The carpets follow a pattern and design, which have some similarities, since the villages are in a same vicinity. But they not only differ in general design, but also they are different in some motifs. At the end, the elements of the design; i.e. medallion, pendant, spandrel and borders of these six carpets are compared. 207 Pattern and Design in Amoo’oghli's Carpets Mesbahi Shokufeh 1 9 2015 11 27 99 112 20 05 2015 09 09 2015 Amoo’oghli brothers are the founders and revivals of contemporary carpet weaving in Mashhad. Their carpets are very famous because of their unique and outstanding characteristics. This study introduces, examines and categorizes patterns and designs used in the field’s and on the borders’ of their various carpets, in addition to their most concurrent patterns, the mostly used structure in design, harmony of carpet parts, motifs etc. and also Amoo’oghli and Amoo’oghli 110 brands. Designs of Amoo’oghli carpets are either adoptive, like Sheikh Saffi, Chelsi etc. or innovative, like Kouzeh Kannani. Both of them have been affected by original North-Eastern Iranian design and Harrat style. This article also studies very precious carpets with high densities and delicate complicated motifs in amongst their products, at the same time with common carpets with large and even geometrical motifs, simpler designs and lower densities. It also introduces some of designers who cooperated with Amoo’oghli brothers and played important roles in their fame, Taher Behzad Zadeh or San’atnegar, so to speak.