As industrialisation has taken hold in the world, traditional arts and handicrafts are gradually disappearing. However, there are still master craftsmen and women keeping various traditional crafts alive.
Iznik pottery, or Iznik ware, named after the town of İznik in western Anatolia where it is made, is a decorated ceramic that was produced from the last quarter of the 15th century until the end of the 17th century.
İznik was an established centre for the production of simple earthenware pottery with an underglaze decoration when, in the last quarter of the 15th century, craftsmen in the town began to manufacture high quality pottery with a fritware body painted with cobalt blue under a colourless transparent lead glaze. The designs combined traditional Ottoman arabesque patterns with Chinese elements. The change was almost certainly a result of active intervention and patronage by the recently established Ottoman court in Istanbul who greatly valued Chinese blue-and-white porcelain.
Kadiri viwanda vimeenea ulimwenguni, sanaa na ufundi wa mikono wa kitamaduni unapotea hatua kwa hatua. Hata hivyo, bado kuna mafundi na wanawake stadi wanaodumisha ufundi mbalimbali wa kitamaduni. Iznik Pottery, au Iznik Ware, jina lake baada ya mji wa Iznik katika Anatolia ya magharibi ambapo ni kufanywa, ni mapambo ya kauri ambayo ilitengenezwa kutoka robo ya mwisho ya karne ya 15 hadi mwisho wa karne ya 17. Iznik ilikuwa kituo cha kuanzishwa kwa ajili ya uzalishaji wa udongo rahisi udongo na underglaze mapambo wakati, katika robo ya mwisho ya karne ya 15, mafundi katika mji alianza kutengeneza udongo wa ubora wa juu na fritware mwili rangi na cobalt bluu chini ya rangi ya rangi ya rangi ya rangi. Miundo hiyo ilichanganya michoro ya kitamaduni ya Ottoman ya arabesque na mambo ya Kichina. Mabadiliko hayo yalikuwa matokeo ya kuingilia kati na utegemezo wa mahakama ya Ottoman iliyokuwa imeanzishwa hivi karibuni huko Istanbul, ambayo ilithamini sana kauri za rangi ya bluu na nyeupe za Wachina.