The Moroccan crafts Berber

The Moroccan crafts   Berber   The Morocco has a rich handicraft revealing ancient tradition still alive. The Berber crafts has inherited expertise sumptuous passed from one generation to another with enthusiasm and passion. It is essentially represented by objects at once sublime and useful in everyday life. They are creations of pottery, ceramics, wood, jewelry, tapestry, textile and leather. Some crafts are influenced by Eastern or Arab-Andalusian traditions.
Moroccan Each city has its own creations, including:
- Rabat is known for its traditional carpets and embroideries with very original and intricate designs used for linens and some clothes as Fez and Tetouan.
The proportions and composition of rugs are generally related to the use and the location to which they are intended. The value of a carpet is judged by the number of nodes or son of warp and weft that form the fabric of funds. We must distinguish the rural urban carpet carpet.
Among the former, the most famous are those of Rabat compounds drawings Eastern influence.
Royal Rabat carpets
The Berber carpets are called rural or high wool knotted artistically colored, and feature diamond-shaped geometric patterns often.
Berber Carpet
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The art of embroidery is particularly developed in the northern cities: Fez, Meknes, Rabat, Salé, Chefchaouen, Tetouan and Azzemmour. Each of these cities has been influenced different origin, singled her technique typical choice of colors, decorative motifs and stitch patterns.
Thus, Fez is known for its silk embroidery on linen and cotton, for its gold embroidery on silk or cotton voile or satin decorated with metallic son son.
Embroidery Fes
Meknes is known for its warm colors embroidery executed on media chiffon. Rabat is distinguished by a wide repertoire inherited from Andalusia.
Embroidery Tetouan
- Objects very famous Fez and Marrakech leather;
Traditional slippers
Moroccan Pouf
- Pottery, one of the first crafts of mankind, is to discover Safi and Fez;
- The jewelry is divided into urban and rural jewelry. The former are generally finely crafted gold patterns. They are made by artisans grouped in specialized areas of large cities.
Rural south are manufactured mainly in Tiznit, Agadir, Goulimine Laayoune, Essaouira and Taroudant with money. The southern regions are known for their silver jewelry enamel. In general, the value of a gem is measured by weight, regardless of the quality or quantity of work. Often decorated like jewelry, curved blade daggers are the most common.
- Items in brass or copper are in Marrakech, Fez and Tetouan.
Brass ashtray Copper mirror frame
The handicrafts are all made by hand with machines and tools remained largely traditional, which gives each project a unique character and perfect authenticity.
- The architecture is a prominent element of Moroccan craftsmanship. Indeed, it allows artists and artisans create beautiful masterpieces (zellij, plaster, wood ...) give a majestic look to the Moroccan cities.Zelliges (mosaics)
Plaster sculpture
Wood crafts
For centuries, more than 40 corporations working materials such as wood, copper, ordinary or precious metal, stone and have developed a unique know-how. Moroccan handicraft production based on strong traditions and offers a variety of products ranging from simple utilitarian object to the art object.