Art Najji ceramic co-op, a bit expensive for us

It took only seconds to hand craft a small tagine

Hand chipping glazed clay tiles into shaped mosaic pieces

Assembling a mosaic table, upside down without any colour, before setting in resin and turning over

Chaoara Tannery - 2 weeks soaking in salt/lime solution (left), then 2 weeks in coloured dye (right)

Lunch at the Restaurant Ryad Nejjarine, a far cry from the scruffy streets outside

Kairouaine mosque, founded 9th C as the worlds first university

Mausoleum of Moulay Idriss II, the founder of Fez in the early 800s

Foundouk converted to the woodcraft museum

Fez ceramics, tannery, lunch, university

April 11 in Morocco ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

A busy afternoon where we visited an interesting ceramic co-op before lunch to see the making of the clay through to the final ceramic product, including pots, taglines and crockery, and mosaics (zellij). Fortunately the visit to the famous Chaoara Tannery as before lunch, a bit stinky, but fascinating with the multi coloured leather jackets and bags. A nice lunch (but served a bit cold) then to finish the day looking in to the Kairouaine mosque and Mausoleum of Moulay Idriss II.
Moment of the day was emerging into the beautiful restaurant from the scruffy streets and the absolute difference between the two.Read more