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History of Zellige

History of Zellige

It is possibly dating from the mid-10th century Fatimid foundation, that information suggests that the technique may have developped in the western islamic world.

The making process of Zellige tiles

The making process of Zellige tiles

Zellige means simply the word “tile“ in arabic. But, with a subtle shift of the true meaning of the word the usage of this word has been ...

Mosaic Tiles

Mosaic Tiles

First of all, Mosaic is a pattern or an image made of small pieces of colored glass, stones or ceramic, but we at Morocco Zellige have a few craftsmen that perfected this art.

Heat coloring zellige

Heat coloring zellige

First of all, finding a good quality clay is an extremely important step to produce a good quality zellige tile, we are in luck to have a factory in Fez, Morocco where we can get our hands on the best clay...

The process of making Zellige

The process of making Zellige

Tile ,or as we call it zellige are made from clay found in the city of Fez, Morocco. After a grid is formed, artisans then press the mixture into squares and let it dry out to form slabs....

Clay

Clay

is a type of fine grained natural soil material that we found from many many years ago in a small mountains in the city of Fes,Morocco . we start by taking off small pieces of the mountain ....

Basic 5x5 Tiles

Basic 5x5 Tiles

Tile or Zellige have so many sizes but the basic and the most demand one is....

Talia Morocco Zellige

Talia Morocco Zellige

Talia is an old shape that Morocco had been making for mosaic, but us we toke it ....

Bejmat Morocco Zellige

Bejmat Morocco Zellige

Bejmat is a very famous size in the industry of zellige , it is made from the same ....

The traditional designs of Moroccan Zellige

The traditional designs of Moroccan Zellige

Morocco has a big divergent when it comes to zellige , you can find the normal ....

How zellige is being cut ?

How zellige is being cut ?

Like we said in our prevised blogs zellige is made by pure clay mixed with water , then ....

How tile is being baked ?

How tile is being baked ?

Like we all know the long process of zellige is very delicate and fragile but one step big step ....

Types of zellige:

Types of zellige:

Zellige have no limits when it comes to types and shapes , you can find the ....