Handicrafts is both art and industry, which is made by hand or rudimentary tools, exploiting native raw materials, indicating taste and mental creativity of their makers. The most important handicrafts of ziloo weaving, various types of fabrics (velvet, brocade, Daraie, Termeh), pottery wares, decorative ceramics and Repoussé and chasing.
Terme is one of the oldest traditional arts in Iran; this handicraft was woven as handmade. Today silk Termeh with different colors can be found in Yazd (Historical city and second ancient city by ranking of UNESCO), in this regard Terme weaving is the oldest art work.
Pottery, the oldest handmade artwork, has a 6,000-year-old history in Yazd. Local people call the earthenware ‘Kevareh’, which is made of clay. The earthenware is world famous for its designs, especially “fish”, “the lady sun” and “the hen”. Meybod is a prominent pottery-producing center in Yazd
Carpet is Yazd’s principal handicraft. In 1996, there were 65000 active carpet-weaving looms in the province and about 30,000 weavers are engaged in this old artistic and economic activity.
