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curator Karina Eastway THE MAKER FOUAD OF CRAFTSMANSHIP CO-OP POTERIE DE FES TRANSLATION HASSAN IDFATH AND SALLY CAHALAN (SOUK & CO) PHOTOs CONTRIBUTED by SOUK & Co COUNTRY MOROCCO
THE ARTISANSHIP OF MOROCCAN TILE MOSAIC – ZELLIJ OR ZELIGE (MEANING LITTLE POLISHED STONES OR TILES IN ARABIC) – IS A MEETING OF MATHEMATICAL PRECISION AND CREATIVE SKILL. TODAY THE AGE-OLD TRADITION WHICH HAS BEEN PRACTISED SINCE ROMAN AND BYZANTINE TIMES IS NOT JUST ALIVE AND WELL, BUT FLOURISHING IN FES.
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