Creativity and Innovation: The Key to Sustainability in Modern Indigenous, Ethnic and Applied Arts with Emphasis on Silk

AuthorsMohammad Afrough-Fath Ali Qashqaei Far
Conference TitleThe first international conference on arts and crafts in Iranian Islamic culture and civilization with emphasis on the forgotten arts
Holding Date of Conference۲۰۱۶
Presented byKashan University
Page number۱۳
PresentationSPEECH
Conference LevelInternal Conferences

Abstract

Abstract:
Indigenous, ethnic and applied arts are examples of artistic identity and the value-oriented and admirable part of the cultural heritage and economy of the Iranian artist-industrialist, who with an upward trend in changing lifestyles and not adapting to the application of modern life, over time, application and even identity They lost themselves. Felt art is one of the native and applied arts that while having a long history in different eras and meeting the needs of daily life, due to loss of use, suffers from oblivion and forgetfulness and fades. Felt in terms of unique features, capacities and capabilities can hope to survive in a new form and application. Undoubtedly, this survival and presence is subject to functional change in accordance with the wishes and needs of the consumer, and it is important to focus and pay attention to the element of creativity and innovation in felt. Creativity and innovation in indigenous, ethnic and applied arts are essential components in the preservation and permanence of this type of arts and especially felt art. Today, the mission and strategy of artists and craftsmen of traditional arts and crafts is to produce such arts according to two cultural and economic categories, and both categories require serious determination and special care in employing creativity and innovation. The silk of felt that is the subject of this article is an emerging generation of felt art that due to the creativity and innovation of the artist has been able to preserve, revive and reproduce the essence of felt in a new form and attitude and prepare itself to enter the market of production and supply to the customer. N. In this article, the authors, while studying and describing the art of felt making, introduce silk and the production process of this felt phenomenon. The present research is applied and the research method is descriptive-analytical. And the method of collecting information is field and library.

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