هنر قلمزنی

قلمزنی عبارت است از تزیین و کندن نقوش بر روی اشیای فلزی به ویژه مس، طلا، نقره،برنج و یا به عبارت دیگر ایجاد خطوط و نقوش به وسیله قلم با ضربه چکش بر روی اجسام  فلزی  است .  قلمزنی یکی از رشته های هنری سنتی ایران است که از ظرافت بالایی برخوردار  است .

Etching is decorating and engraving image as on metals specially copper, gold, silver, brass or in other word creating lines and images by hammering chisel on metals. Carving is a branch of Iranian traditional arts which enjoys a high delicacy, this art in Iran has no clear history and no one knows how far it goes back in history because there is no any early evidence to show where it began. Today in order to make carving, first inside the container which is normally copper or silver is filled with tar and plaster to muffle the sound and prevent damaging the container during the carving.