Formal Structure of Natural Designs in Baluch Women's Needlework (With the Emphasis onInstances from Saravan Township)

Needle work is one of the commonest and at the same time most outstanding arts among Baluch women، in spite of having been greatly well-known، in most of the research done in this field، less and less attention is paid to the formal structure of designs. In this research، with the purpose of a better clarification and representation of Baluch needlework art (located in Sistan and Baluchistan province) and its relational aspects of design structures with natural elements، on the premise that nature plays an important role in design of formal structure of Baluch women’s needlework it is attempted to find answers to these questionsas; whether there is basically a relationship between Baluch needlework designs with natural elements or not? If it is so، how can these illustrations leaning onnatural elements becategorized? Therefore، in conducting this research descriptive and analytic mehtods are used to find the answers to these questions. In order to do so،Baluch needlework formal design structures are examined in two groups of vegetative and animal designs. The results showed that Baluch needleworker women، in designing natural motifs، not only considered aesthetic relations and theirsurrounding environment، but also paid attention to their functional role proportionate with the geometric design style.