Iranian artists weave beautiful patterns of flowers blossoming in gardens and birds flying in the blue sky, depicting a new nature in the amazing art of carpet weaving.

The patterns belong to no time and no place. They belong to the spiritual world and they show the relation of man with his Lord.

Happy colors of flowers show the happiness and freshness of beautiful spring flowers to everyone Circles and flowers woven in decorative spaces are symbols of dialogue and words which refer to the divine world. The Iranian artist tries to connect the earth with the spiritual world through the knots of the carpet.

Sure, the Creator has not missed a thing in nature and has colored everything beautifully. How wonderful is God's creation, the birds and flowers and all the patterns in nature.

And now, this servant of the One and Only God is inspired by the Creator to design patterns from his own imagination, as far his mind and talent allow.

Approaching a red rose in the garden, one can easily see and feel the thorns on the stem of the flower, the hard embossments and engravings which can easily be touched and felt.

But, what is amazing in Iranian art is the way that flowers and stems are depicted. They are depicted and shown in a way as if there is no thorn, no embossment, no engraving, and one can easily step on them and feel their softness.

Iranian carpets are praised for their natural colors which remind us of the freshness and vigor of spring flowers which we smell every spring morning, intoxicated for hours by their scent.

The Imams' (AS) sayings and Qoranic verses which are sometimes woven into carpets and decorate the walls of Iranian houses talk of hours, days, months or even years of an Iranian carpet weaver's efforts at the carpet frame, where he has woven the nicest patterns into the carpets.

This ancient Iranian art of carpet weaving, examples of which are over 2,500 years old, such as the Pazirik carpet, is now facing production and export problems.

The production of imitation Iranian carpets in some Asian countries has caused a decline in the Iranian carpet industry.

A carpet weaver spends most of the day at the carpet frame, but the income he receives does not match the effort he has made. We are honored by the art we have inherited from our forefathers, which is world famous, but will future generations of Iranians inherit this ancient art, too? Isn't it time to appreciate the ancient Iranian art of carpet weaving?