Formal Structure of Natural Designs in Baluch Women’s Needlework (With the Emphasis on Instances from Sarāvān Township)

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Lecture, Faculty of Art, Zabol University,

2 Phd. Associate Professor, Department of Archaeology University of Mazandaran,

Abstract

Needlework is one of the commonest and at the same time most outstanding arts among Baluch women, in spite of having been greatly well-known, in most of the research done in this field, less and less attention is paid to the formal structure of designs. In this research, with the purpose of a better clarification and representation of Baluch needlework art (located in Sistan and Baluchistan province) and its relational aspects of design structures with natural elements, on the premise that nature plays an important role in design of formal structure of Baluch women’s needlework it is  attempted to find answers to these questions as; whether there is basically a relationship between Baluch needlework designs with natural elements or not? If it is so, how can these illustrations leaning on natural elements be categorized? Therefore, in conducting this research descriptive and analytic mehtods are used to find the answers to these questions. In order to do so, Baluch needlework formal design structures are examined in two groups of vegetative and animal designs. The results showed that Baluch needleworker women, in designing natural motifs, not only considered aesthetic relations and their surrounding environment, but also paid attention to their functional role proportionate with the geometric design style.      

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  • Receive Date: 14 June 2013
  • Revise Date: 29 September 2013
  • Accept Date: 11 January 2014

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