Āyineh duzi (the embroidery of the mirror)
The Āyineh duzi is a typical discipline of the artists coming from the Sistān and Baluchestān Province.
The Āyineh duzi - known as Gāj, Kārmuch, Miti and Baluch - is considered among the best examples of craftsmanship in the area mentioned above.
The origin of this art is the city of Zābol. Elsewhere it is less available. In the local dialect of Baluchestān, the Āyineh duzi refers to the term "Irān sāmān". The discipline is widely followed among the natives and is mainly used as an ornament for the brides' horses, for the rooms and for the houses, as well as for the decoration of the clothes.
For Āyineh duzi, we do not only mean the embroidery of mirror fragments on fabrics: we also mean the use of materials of a different nature, colorful and re-shining, such as scales and others.
The artists of the Sistān, together with the Āyineh duzi, also use the kharmohreh, of intertwined cords, buttons and glass beads of various sizes.
The Āyineh duzi is used on local clothes, on waistcoats, on belts, on the lower part of the beds, on the high edges of the walls of the living room (in the shape of a rectangular ribbon, long and close to the wall). It is found, moreover, in the tents of the name-di and sometimes as an ornament for animals like camels.
At the beginning, the mirror is placed on the fabric and on the pre-established pattern and, subsequently, it is covered with an abundant seam made by different sides. At this point, starting from the center of the mirror and using yarn, a notched seam is made on the fabric.
The cities of Irānshahr, Espakeh, Chānf, Dashtiyāri and the districts of Zāhedān and Khāsh are the main processing centers of this product.
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