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Tuesday, 20. April 2010
ghabtshi brothers' pottery workshop_2
ipuenktchen, 17:32h
as I started with pottery when I lived still in germany in 1974, I hesitated a lot to know any potter in tabriz after moving, and the foreigners in tab introduced me to the ghabtshi brothers and their pottery workshop in sorkhab, one of the ancient quaerters of tabriz.
first we had to cross the area of a lumber dealer by this entrance and then reached the small door of the pottery workshop! even when we were going there on fridays we had to enter there by the tiny extra door.... here the original entrance up from the beginning untill a few years ago!!
during about two years I got a bit busy but not that much. finally in 1998 a cousin of my husband introduced to me mrs. f. tathiri-moghaddam, a miniature painter from tehran, who started recently to teach painting on clay by iranian cultural heritage in tabriz and had a cooperation with the ghabtshi brothers.
it was great to be with them all the time.
born from zonouz in north of tabriz on the way to jolfa, where kaolin is found. they learned this handicraft from their father, started in an age of 1o.. later when still married they both moved to tabriz and founded this workshop which is still on the same place!
recently mr. ahmad ghabtshi passed away in jan. 2oo6 and mr. abbas ghabtshi unfortunately died also in jan. 2o1o - we are very thankfull and we'll keep them both in our mind forever. thanks them both the special turquoise pottery, famous from province azerbaijan, didn't got forgotten!!!!
newspaper heidarbaba
the son of mr. abbas ghabtshi helped during the last years in preparing the clay and nowadays he keeps this pottery workshop alive!!!
remember ahmad-agha!
and here you can see the different steps of their pottery:
kneading the clay
grinding the glass used for clay and glace
throwing on the potter's wheel (c) SimaTM
drying (c) SimaTM
turquoise glace
white glace
a break
firing the kiln
picking up the work pieces from the kiln
I had a tv-interview at home and it was always an honour remembering our masters and to be thankfull for them!!
khoda rahmateshan kon!
god bless them!
first we had to cross the area of a lumber dealer by this entrance and then reached the small door of the pottery workshop! even when we were going there on fridays we had to enter there by the tiny extra door.... here the original entrance up from the beginning untill a few years ago!!
during about two years I got a bit busy but not that much. finally in 1998 a cousin of my husband introduced to me mrs. f. tathiri-moghaddam, a miniature painter from tehran, who started recently to teach painting on clay by iranian cultural heritage in tabriz and had a cooperation with the ghabtshi brothers.
it was great to be with them all the time.
born from zonouz in north of tabriz on the way to jolfa, where kaolin is found. they learned this handicraft from their father, started in an age of 1o.. later when still married they both moved to tabriz and founded this workshop which is still on the same place!
recently mr. ahmad ghabtshi passed away in jan. 2oo6 and mr. abbas ghabtshi unfortunately died also in jan. 2o1o - we are very thankfull and we'll keep them both in our mind forever. thanks them both the special turquoise pottery, famous from province azerbaijan, didn't got forgotten!!!!
newspaper heidarbaba
the son of mr. abbas ghabtshi helped during the last years in preparing the clay and nowadays he keeps this pottery workshop alive!!!
remember ahmad-agha!
and here you can see the different steps of their pottery:
kneading the clay
grinding the glass used for clay and glace
throwing on the potter's wheel (c) SimaTM
drying (c) SimaTM
turquoise glace
white glace
a break
firing the kiln
picking up the work pieces from the kiln
I had a tv-interview at home and it was always an honour remembering our masters and to be thankfull for them!!
khoda rahmateshan kon!
god bless them!
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Tuesday, 20. April 2010
another day in bazar!!!!!
ipuenktchen, 01:16h
women like to go to bazar, to the shopping malls, shopping centers and so on - all over the world....... and ppl here even when they are going to the shopping malls but not to the ancient bazar, they are speaking of *going to bazar*!! and today we women went to bazar ;-))))
perhaps do you remember the pics of ancient bazar of tabriz, even at the tentative list of UNESCO, PAUL the backpacker had been about one month ago!!?!?
pls have a look at the first postings of this blog!!
and now we both are sooooooo tired, ipue and me, POSSY.. uaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh - I like to go to bed!!
perhaps do you remember the pics of ancient bazar of tabriz, even at the tentative list of UNESCO, PAUL the backpacker had been about one month ago!!?!?
pls have a look at the first postings of this blog!!
and now we both are sooooooo tired, ipue and me, POSSY.. uaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh - I like to go to bed!!
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Saturday, 17. April 2010
*ARMENIAN MONASTIC ENSEMBLE IN IRAN*
ipuenktchen, 11:24h
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1262/multiple=1&unique_number=1542
all these great sites, registered as a UNESCO world cultural heritage site since 2008, are situated in NW of IR 15o and 25o km far from here!!! the two main monasteries Ipue had still visited in 1977 und 1978, but now we are curious to see the other parts, too!!!! we decided to enter the jolfa region today! lili_6789 was with us and for sure PAUL & CROSSY & me, POSSY!!!
after leaving home in the morning we had fun with the football-fans in town, as there should be a match in the afternoon between 2 of the most famous teams of IR.
we were leaving tabriz via autobahn, which is crossing now the ancient pilgrimage route up to mt. ainali, the mosque.
our first stop had been 1o km to marand beside the first ski ressort yam (payam in fact!) to see the ancient carvansary. they are still working for the renovation!
UPDATE 4.4.2020 nowadays this carvansary became a hotel!!!
mount misho in front of the carawansary PAYAM
entering jolfa, which is a free trade zone and has border entrances to armenia and auton. rep. nakhtshevan, we went straight to the aras river, which is marking the border! and you can see the sentries on the azerbaijanian ground. the area is quite abandonned and only sometimes a few houses.. but how IMPRESSING mountains!!!!! and so beautiful the river!! and everywhere full of POPPIES!!!!
everywhere ppl are sitting there to have a picnic or men are fishing in the river... - what a difference to the olden times of the former russian UDSSR , when first you had to get in jolfa a persmission paper to enter the border-area and let your camera at the sentry station to go straight to st. stephanos monastery!!!!!?!??!!
sightseeing points beside jolfa:
after 1o km we reached the chupan chapel, part of world heritage site st. stephanos! a nice small chapel a bit higher in the mountain - but a bit strange: it was *taken* by a family as their picnic place!!!!!!!
in the small yard they had met their blankets and were relaxing.. and were a bit strong looking at us, as we were entering their private area......... :-( and gosh, inside the small chapel they had their *kitchen*!!!!!! preparing a meal......... perhaps it's time to declare it as a museum and getting a fee.....
several beautiful landscape views with the aras river you had seen a month ago, when ipue came here with PAUL the backpacker and a small group of guests! pls have a look at the earlier postings!!
then we reached the main site ST STEPHANOS MONASTERY!! it was really crowded as it was a FRIDAY!! (the *sunday* in our country!!) and YESSSS - we could buy some postcard folders!!!!! ;-)
some of us went into the monastery and some of us went for fishing... later after passing the Darresham Chapel just beside the river, part of st. stephanos monastery.....
.....we were looking for a picnic place, too!! and we were very successfull with a beautifull place under trees and among the poppies beside the river.. a place LIKE A PAINTING!!!!!!!
there we had our late lunch and we rested untill the sun got behind the mountains and it was time to leave!!! back on the transit road the traffic was quite awfull, but we reached our home safely at 1o PM!! what a great day!! thank you everybody!!!!!!!!!!
zia-ol-malek bridge
sunset near marand
mosque in sofiyan
all these great sites, registered as a UNESCO world cultural heritage site since 2008, are situated in NW of IR 15o and 25o km far from here!!! the two main monasteries Ipue had still visited in 1977 und 1978, but now we are curious to see the other parts, too!!!! we decided to enter the jolfa region today! lili_6789 was with us and for sure PAUL & CROSSY & me, POSSY!!!
after leaving home in the morning we had fun with the football-fans in town, as there should be a match in the afternoon between 2 of the most famous teams of IR.
we were leaving tabriz via autobahn, which is crossing now the ancient pilgrimage route up to mt. ainali, the mosque.
our first stop had been 1o km to marand beside the first ski ressort yam (payam in fact!) to see the ancient carvansary. they are still working for the renovation!
UPDATE 4.4.2020 nowadays this carvansary became a hotel!!!
mount misho in front of the carawansary PAYAM
entering jolfa, which is a free trade zone and has border entrances to armenia and auton. rep. nakhtshevan, we went straight to the aras river, which is marking the border! and you can see the sentries on the azerbaijanian ground. the area is quite abandonned and only sometimes a few houses.. but how IMPRESSING mountains!!!!! and so beautiful the river!! and everywhere full of POPPIES!!!!
everywhere ppl are sitting there to have a picnic or men are fishing in the river... - what a difference to the olden times of the former russian UDSSR , when first you had to get in jolfa a persmission paper to enter the border-area and let your camera at the sentry station to go straight to st. stephanos monastery!!!!!?!??!!
sightseeing points beside jolfa:
after 1o km we reached the chupan chapel, part of world heritage site st. stephanos! a nice small chapel a bit higher in the mountain - but a bit strange: it was *taken* by a family as their picnic place!!!!!!!
in the small yard they had met their blankets and were relaxing.. and were a bit strong looking at us, as we were entering their private area......... :-( and gosh, inside the small chapel they had their *kitchen*!!!!!! preparing a meal......... perhaps it's time to declare it as a museum and getting a fee.....
several beautiful landscape views with the aras river you had seen a month ago, when ipue came here with PAUL the backpacker and a small group of guests! pls have a look at the earlier postings!!
then we reached the main site ST STEPHANOS MONASTERY!! it was really crowded as it was a FRIDAY!! (the *sunday* in our country!!) and YESSSS - we could buy some postcard folders!!!!! ;-)
some of us went into the monastery and some of us went for fishing... later after passing the Darresham Chapel just beside the river, part of st. stephanos monastery.....
.....we were looking for a picnic place, too!! and we were very successfull with a beautifull place under trees and among the poppies beside the river.. a place LIKE A PAINTING!!!!!!!
there we had our late lunch and we rested untill the sun got behind the mountains and it was time to leave!!! back on the transit road the traffic was quite awfull, but we reached our home safely at 1o PM!! what a great day!! thank you everybody!!!!!!!!!!
zia-ol-malek bridge
sunset near marand
mosque in sofiyan
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