Minakari
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Minakari or vitreous enamel is a type of handicraft implemented on a piece of metal. We also call this art a mixture of fire and soil because we put the product in furnace after production.
Made in: Isfahan
Raw materials: zinc, silver, copper
Design variation: Eslimi, Khatayi, bird and flower
Background: 5 thousand years ago, therefore it is an old art
Craft master: Qolamhossein feizollahi, Hossein Honardoost, Mahdi Qaffarian, Mohamad Ali Farshid, Ebrahim Razghoobi
Production steps:
_ making different dishes by copper, zinc and silver
_ coloring the dishes by white glaze and fixing the color in 700 to 1000 centigrade
_ coloring and drawing designs with special colors
_ another color fixing in high temperature
Production period: 3 days