Four trades of the medina — a single watchword: learn from the hands of the one who knows.
Thuya marquetry
Thuya — aromatic wood from the Essaouira forests — is worked with chisel, file, sandpaper. The master marqueter composes patterns with contrasting species, fixed into the heart of the wood. At the end of the workshop, you leave with a box or a tray of your own composition.
Workshop on request. Get in touch → for the details.
Silver and copper jewellery
Cutting, hammering, soldering, polishing. A short workshop with a local silversmith, where you shape a ring or a pendant in your signature. The metal carries the hand that worked it.
Workshop on request. Get in touch → for the details.
Carpets and weaving
In a women’s cooperative of the hinterland, you learn the knotting and the warp of a small Berber rug. Wool dyed with plant pigments, Amazigh motifs passed from mother to daughter.
Workshop on request. Get in touch → for the details.
Basketry and raffia
Dwarf palm and raffia braid into baskets, hats, bags. A silent know-how, a discipline of the fingers. One afternoon to read the everyday object as a drawing.
Workshop on request. Get in touch → for the details.
