{"id":175814,"date":"2016-05-09T19:32:48","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T19:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/article\/the-stained-glass-of-sheki-a-centuries-long-tradition\/"},"modified":"2021-10-29T13:01:36","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T09:01:36","slug":"the-stained-glass-of-sheki-a-centuries-long-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/the-stained-glass-of-sheki-a-centuries-long-tradition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Stained Glass of Sheki: A Centuries &#8211; Long Tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/57107\/\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57107\"\/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\n  \u201cI\u2019m afraid that the craft of stained glass will be lost.\u201d says Huseyn Mustafazade, a native of Sheki and a celebrated stained glass craftsman.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The tradition of stained glass has been protected and cultivated in the Azerbaijani city of Sheki for centuries, but is facing fierce competition from new manufacturing technologies.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Until this day, local craftsmen order glass from Venice, which is then fitted together by hand with pieces of wood from the plane tree that have been prepared by a special boiling method to ensure quality and durability.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Ornate and complex in design, it can take even the most skilled craftsmen up to six months to completely assemble a stained glass door or window. What makes the art form even more impressive is the fact that the stained glass tradition of Azerbaijan does not allow for the use of glue or nails, as is commonly practiced in other variations of the art form.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The 250 year old symbol of Sheki, the Khan Saray, is widely known for the beauty of its stained glass.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Huseyn claims that over 70 percent of the palace&#8217;s stained glass has been restored, the process of which he oversaw. Fortunately, he says, the remaining glass has retained much of its former quality and is currently well &#8211; maintained.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Huseyn has worked not only on the restoration of Sheki\u2019s Khan Saray, but also on the famous pilgrimage sites of Ganja\u2019s \u201cShah Abbas\u201d and Berde\u2019s \u201cImamzade.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The craftsman is afraid that the future of stained glass making in Sheki is not very bright, as new technology and the physical intensity of the work has made the craft financially unrewarding.\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/57113\/\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57113\"\/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/57116\/\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57116\"\/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/57119\/\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57119\"\/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/57128\/\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57128\"\/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/57122\/\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57122\"\/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/57125\/\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57125\"\/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/57131\/\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57131\"\/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/57134\/\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57134\"\/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/57140\/\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57140\"\/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI\u2019m afraid that the craft of stained glass will be &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"The Stained Glass of Sheki: A Centuries &#8211; Long Tradition\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/the-stained-glass-of-sheki-a-centuries-long-tradition\/#more-175814\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Stained Glass of Sheki: A Centuries &#8211; Long Tradition\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":57107,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Stained Glass of Sheki: A Centuries - Long Tradition - MEYDAN.TV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/the-stained-glass-of-sheki-a-centuries-long-tradition\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Stained Glass of Sheki: A Centuries - Long Tradition - MEYDAN.TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cI\u2019m afraid that the craft of stained glass will be ... 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