Lining doorways, covering floors and adorning fountains, mosques, and ancient tombs, Morocco is a country of patterns and color. I spotted them at almost every turn and couldn’t resist capturing them.
‘Zellige’ tiles, truly an art form requiring skilled workmanship, are created by cutting, paining and assembling tiny fragments of enamel into a geometric pattern before setting them in plaster on a terracotta base. The designs are rooted in Islamic tradition as a way to express beauty through shapes rather than by depicting living beings which would be forbidden.
I actually brought four painted tiles back home, added a felt backing and now have them as a beautiful set of coasters on my coffee table (my cat just loves to use them as a pillow). Naturally I also picked up a couple of gorgeous bowls for my kitchen – you might have spotted one of them housing my Vegan Mushroom Bourguignon!
Where is the most colourful place you have visited?
