Iran Ancient

Project Duration:

Fall 2017

“Iran Ancient” paid homage to Iranian typography with laser cut. Iranian mosaic art is one of the best arts in our culture. I tried to evoke this experience but with different materials like laser cutting in wood.  The mosaic tile was also the same in the Mongo era, and its circulation in the Safavid era reached its peak, and it produced tremendous work in the art of tiling. This flourished in the time of the Afghans and Zandiyah declined during the era. In the Qajar era, the mosaic tile was an incomplete imitation of the works of the past. Until this time, the roles used in mosaic tiling were Slavic roles. But with the travel of several artists to Europe and their emphasis on European art and culture, many changes were made in the tile roles, and since then human designs and other shapes, such as war weapons, appeared in the art of tile work of the Qajar era. The idea is to design a 3D version of a laser-cut and illustration with separating each element into different layers. This means if you see the final piece from the front view you can see the complete illustration.