Handicraft: Craft in Morocco

 

The products of Moroccan handicraft are one of the fundamental characteristics of the Moroccan lifestyle.
Over 40 corporations have been working wood, metal, copper, wool, linen, stone and clay for centuries.

 

Adapted to the needs of modern life, moroccan handicraft production relies on traditions, offering thus a large variety of products ranging from small works of art to the simplest utilitarian objects A wonderful scent and sense of life come out of it.

 

Leather working

Morocco has a thousand types of Morocco leather-working:
all of which are of old tradition, in Fes and Marrakesh a whole district is reserved to tanners. Fes, Marrakesh : wallets, desk sets, babouches, leather poufs, etc...

Tetouan, Chefchaouen, Taghazout : multiple-compartment bags, leather- covered earthenware, plates, and belts.
Marrakech :Camel saddles (used as seats).

Metals

 

Copper: The Maghrebian household uses a great deal of copper industry products because cooper is a material which captures dazzling light.
Wrought irons: They are worked into candleholders, lampshades, bars, mousharabies, and mirror frames. They are wrought in Marrakesh, Safi, Fes, etc...

Carpet weaving

All activities of the Moroccan artifacts go a long way back, and carpet weaving is certainly the oldest of all. There are two types of carpets in Morocco : rural carpets which are the oldest and urban carpets (each of these fall into an infinite number of categories). Urban carpets: Rabat, Meknes, Fes, Marrakesh. Rural carpets: Berber carpets of the Middle Atlas (Azrou) ; of the region of Zadrs (Oulmes), of Shishaoua (Marrakesh), and of Aït Ouaourguite (Ouarzazate).