Persian Toreutics Copper Tableau – Bird

Toreutics or Ghalamzani

The term toreutics, relatively rare in English, refers to artistic metalworking – hammering gold or silver (or other materials), engraving, or using repoussé and chasing to form minute detailed reliefs or small engraved patterns. Toreutics can include metal-engraving – forward-pressure linear metal removal with a burin.

Ghalamzani is one of the old handicrafts of Iran that is categorized among the artistic metalworking. Engraving or Ghalamzani is a printmaking process art which lines are cut into a metal plate in order to hold the ink. In engraving or Ghalamzani the plate can be made of Copper, Brass or zinc. Its historical background goes back to the ancient Iran, 3000 years.