TEHRAN -- Parviz Tanavoli, known as the country’s first significant modern sculptor, will be holding a new course on making jewelry at Tehran’s Mah-e Mehr Gallery next week.

The course will provide students with the chance to become better acquainted with the basic principles of jewelry design and to become familiar with the tools and different processes of the craft, a student of sculptor Mona Paad said in a press release published on Monday.
“The various processes of molding, waxing, melting and casting will be covered in two semesters, giving the students both theoretical and practical knowledge of the art,” she stated.
The artist believes in using both traditional and modern procedures of jewelry making. His book on jewelry hit the bookshops in 2008, the report added.
Tanavoli, one of Iran’s foremost artists, began his educational courses in Tehran with sculpting in 2006, which led to the formation of a new movement in sculpture.
The prominent artist, who has created works in bronze, ceramic, fiberglass and scrap metal, pays due attention to personal knowledge and experience of the students, encouraging them to make use of modern technology.
The Mah-e Mehr gallery is located at No.7, Nilufar St., off Africa Ave.
Parviz Tanavoli (b. 1937, Tehran) is also a painter and has created a series of gabbehs (a simple hand-woven tribal rug made by nomadic people from southern Iran) during the early 1980s. Additionally, Tanavoli is a prolific writer who has authored numerous books and articles on the artistic culture of Iran.
Tanavoli’s works have received high bids at various international auctions such as Christie’s 2009 Dubai auction, where his “Wall” received the highest bid.