Rural and nomadic handicrafts , iran , gilan صنایع دستی گیلان

Hello, welcome Hello, welcome to Gilan province I am Masoumeh Golshani I am originally from Gulshan, Anzali Azad region I live in the village of Feshtke, the national village of MAT I learned handicrafts from my mother since childhood 60 years ago, my mother used to weave hats and mats by hand I learned little by little with my mother And I started knitting I wove hats, mats, clothes, tablecloths, and clothes And I wove all kinds of mats Because I could not attract all the customers with less mo

dels Because I wanted Iranian and foreign tourists to be my customers Have more variety We are all the top entrepreneur family in the country I myself learned from my mother My children learned from me The work of mat weaving is very sweet We support the family economy And we like it Because it is the identity of Gilan and we must keep this work alive These are both decorative and usable For example, I am adding flowers to this table It is both decorative and used as a table Like weaving baskets

, bread containers and hats or basket and many things Because we, the younger ones, came, we started weaving mats We produced more The difference between our work and the older ones It was in the type of basket and tablecloth We came and prospered We made new and modern models which can be used more in homes with The raw materials of this mat We harvest from dried marsh reeds At the beginning of summer, we harvest these straws from the reeds We dry it in the sun for four days And we keep it on t

he roof of the house Then we peel them and paint them red, yellow and green For the design around the mat and for flower arrangement on the mat Like my daughter is making flowers on the wicker table First of all, psychologically, this gives peace to me and my family This work is not tiring for us We also have online orders Sometimes I work from night to morning and I talk to the mat and live with it I am happy to do carpet work Like my son and my daughter, this mat is next to me My daughter help

s me The family's income is provided I also teach When I teach the students and they are weaving, I have a lot of fun and my fatigue goes away