Engraving on copper

Engraving on copper art from the most oriental art, a craft is part of Islamic Art, one of the finest arts known to mankind, is enough to demonstrate to the words of French writer Gaston Majo in his book "Islamic Art", "did not come a nation of nations in the arts as comparable to the genius manifested in Islamic decorative art. "


And played Arabesque major role in Islamic art, so covered the other arts, as it gained this role because of the splendor elements that have been adopted by the richness and multiplicity of styles and methods, not only craft of engraving on copper decorate buildings only, but also by Tdhuik all daily necessities and decorated no matter how little that would in response to people's tastes and preferences of the decoration and ornamentation, therefore, the areas covered by decking and Altdhuik and inlay and gilding, and other means of desalination and cosmetics that are not do not count, as it includes all the necessary things for a person in his daily life from the cradle to the grave.
Islamic Art


The history of engraving on copper to the early prosperity of the Arab Islamic civilization where the known demand for decorating buildings such as mosques, schools, houses and palaces and other facilities in various forms of adornment and decoration and rush people to the acquisition of things Almdhuqh drawings and engravings that has led to the emergence of a character many to fill this need, and took refuge makers of this letter to innovative ways and means to meet the various demands Almnhalh them, Knakec, painting and gilding and coloring, vaccination and interlock and other means and methods termed the (decorative arts).


The engraving on copper is one of these arts, which are still kept its luster on despite the tyranny of tools to use everyday metal as aluminum and zinc and elegant products continue to copper decorative inscriptions find favored and attract, in particular, foreign tourists who want to Iktnoa a thing of the Lure of the East and return to their country loaded with People industries that bind them to the world of thousand and one nights legendary.


And enters the copper as a feedstock in the manufacture of a lot of tools to use daily, In the reign of the Islamic State, use copper in the manufacture of coins, dinnerware, and was used also on a wide range of coating the bottom of wooden ships so as not to damage, and Klham for iron ore is also used in the manufacture of generators electrical machinery industry and also widely used in electricity lines and cables of Foreign Affairs, electric bulbs and strings, and communication equipment, and used large amounts of copper in the manufacture of rayon