This is my insane shower make-over in collaboration with
opiadesign.sa using the ancestor of all tiles - the Zellige. Hand-hewn, baked in kilns and hand chiseled to size in Morocco, no short cuts here! Below is the low-down on just how special these Zelliges are:
5 interesting facts about Zellige 🌱
1. “Zellige” is a glazed terracotta tile; hand-hewn, baked in traditional wood ovens (kilns) and hand chiseled to-size, using the Miocene clay – a clay that can only be found in the Fez region of Morocco.
2. Morocco recently required that true zellige tiles must be made from the Miocene clay that has no lime or iron, both of which can damage the tiles, and must be labelled accordingly. That clay, coupled with the process, is what gives the high resistance, movement to the tile and unique light reflection.
3. No two tiles are similar! A zellige “is never quite the same, or quite different than its neighbour”. In essence, there is no anecdote, only a very old technique, very artisanal and...