Ateliers d'ailleurs

The training course of pottery which is proposed to you allows you to understand the two different shaping techniques the most practised in morocco: the turning on the famous traditional potter's wheel and the technique of the molding.
It is also the opportunity for you to observe all the workshop's organization since the first clay preparation, until the firing and the enamelling of potteries.


PROGRAM :
- about 3 hours of hand work, around the activities of blending, moulding and turning,
- a tea-break in company with Mustapha,
- demonstrations and explanations split into two times concerning the clay preparation then the phases of pottery's work: firing ; enamelling stage.


RATE : 49 euros* (540 dirhams) including :
- An experienced craftsman by your side,
- the tools and raw materials,
- guide in charge of translation and good progress of workshop,
- two-way tickets by a 4x4 transport agency,
- snack,
- souvenir gift from the workshop.

* Reduced rate if several participants ;)

PLANNING :
Every day at 9 am.
For any specific demand, please contact us.
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Mustapha and his team works the brass shaping (technique of the "tatbailit"), the hammering, and the engraving of traditional drawings (technique of "zouak"), mixing of arabesques and geometrical forms.
During the workshop, you also observe the other secondary activities, as the soldering of pieces, the polishing, and you soak the workshop's pace up.

With the assistance of Mustapha, you work the engraving of a traditional drawing on a brass plate; you practice then the techniques of the tatbailit ("shaping") and of the hammering so as to realize a second object.

PROGRAM:
- about 3 hours of practice: engraving activity on brass plate, then shaping and hammering activity,
- tea-break with Mustapha, the brassworker
- explanations and demonstrations according to your needs (in particular the welds and polishing activity)

RATE: 54 euros* ( 590 dirhams) including :
- an experienced craftsman by your sides,
- tools and the raw material,
- a guide in charge of translation and the good progress of the workshop,
- a snack,
- a souvenir gift from the workshop.

*Reduced rate if several participants ;)

PLANNING:
Every day at 10 am

For any specific request, thank you for contacting us.
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The works of embroidery are realized by disabled women who practise all the techniques. You can thus choose among a wide range of drawings to realize your manual labour.
A cook prepares on the spot Moroccan pancakes and cakes, an enjoyment and delightful...

PROGRAM:
- about 3 hours of practical work: makingan embroidered decorationon one hand towel
- a tea-break with the team of the workshop
- explanations and demonstrations concerning the various techniques of embroidery

RATE : 49 euros* (540 dirhams) including :
- an experienced craftsman by your side,
- the tools and raw materials,
- guide in charge of translation and good progress of workshop,
- snack,
- souvenir gift from the workshop.

* Reduced rate if several participants ;)

PLANNING :
Every day at: 9:30am or 2pm .
For any specific demand, please contact us.
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You are at the coating and colour preparation ; you work the hanging: "dressage", smoothing, patina, on pottery and wall; you also learn to waterproof coating and to ensure a good maintenance.

PROGRAM:
- at least 3 hours of practical work: training on tiles; hanging on a terracotta; and then working over the wall,
- tea-break in the company of Zakaria, craftsman boss of the workshop,
- explanations and demonstrations according to your needs (waterproofing, tadelakt maintenance, raw materials ,...)


Rate: 49 euros * (540 dirhams), including:
- an experienced craftsman present throughout the workshop,
- tools and raw materials,
- guide in charge of translation and good progress of your workshop,
- transport by a transport agency (return ticket),
- snack,
- souvenir gift from the workshop.

* reduced rate if several participants ;)

PLANNING:
Every day at 10am and Sunday at 1pm

For any specific request, thank you for contacting us.
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The program: Mustapha, ingenious POTTER for more than 45 years; Zakaria, craftsman specialist in TADELAKT on pottery, whom the main part of his productions is exported to Europe; and Mohamed, BASKET MAKER for 30 years.

For each craftsman, you discover the workshop, his organization and the environment in which it joins. What are the techniques and raw materials implemented? What are the characteristics which make the quality of the various observed crafts productions? By visiting in detail each workshop, by attending the current work, all these issues are approached. A large space is also reserved for the meeting:you have the opportunity to come into direct contact with the craftsman and his team, to ask questions and discuss the topics you are interested in.

As our workshops, our tours are only organized in small groups of 6 persons maximum. They are conceived according to techniques used by the professionals of training (the holidays spirit extra!) for your comfort and to give you the TIME to live and to appreciate your discovery. We alternate explanations, demonstrations and propose you even some moments of practice, if you wish, thus making your visit very lively, varied and fun, far from formatted and monotonous speeches.

Rate :29 euros(320 dirhams), including :
- access to potter's village, with demonstrations and explanations concerning the craftsmen's work and their workshop's organization,
- guide in charge of translation and good progress of your tour.
- two-way tickets by a 4x4 transport agency.

Planning :
Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 9am.

For more information, please contact us.

The basketry workshop which we propose will allow you to discover two braiding techniques from common two local raw materials in Morocco: the doum palm leaves, and the reed stems.

In the quite ambience of the basketry workshop, you will discover the ambiance of the basketry: all the vegetable materials implemented, the new design and new made objects, and also the surroundingof the workshop, simple and natural.


PROGRAM :
- about 3 hours of practical activities, organized in two phases including the realization of two objects in doum palm leaves and reed stems,
- a tea-break in company with Mohamed (craftsman),
- explanations concerning the various raw materials used by the craftsmen basketmakers.

RATE : 49 euros* ( 540 dirhams including):
- An experienced craftsman by your sides,
- the tools and the raw materials,
- a guide in charge of the translation and the good progress of the workshop,
- two-way tickets by a 4x4 transport agency,
- a snack,
- a souvenir gift made within the workshop.

* rate reduces if several participants ;)

PLANNING:
Every day at 10am or 1pm

For any specific request,please contact us.
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The meeting is in favour as usual: the discovery of these old practices is led by women who make you discover the ordinary life of a Moroccan family, beyond the cooking.

Our workshops cooking are real classes: besides practice, we hand the recipes of each culinary preparation over you. They are also conceived as moments of relaxation and cultural discovery, when after the class comes the moment of tasting. The inhabitant opens his Moroccan living room to you, the opportunity for you to discover the codes and the customs of a real Moroccan meal.

The prepared menu contains one main course, (tagine, couscous...) and 4 to 6 other preparations, typical of a Moroccan menu, which come with this meal (according to menu: salads, warm first course, traditional bread, pastry and preparations based on fruits or vegetables for dessert)

RATE *: 49 Euro (540 dirhams) for a 5 hours workshop, including:
- the preparation of 5 recipes minimum,
- an experienced cook at your disposition throughout the workshop,
- tools and raw materials required for the realization of the recipes,
- tasting of the realized recipes which will be served to you in the moroccan salon of your host,
- snack during the workshop: tea and Moroccan specialities,
- 5 sorts of Moroccan traditional spices,
- recipes of all the preparations.
- two-way tickets by a 4x4 transport agency,

* reduced rate if several participants;)

To choose your menu, or for any specific demand, please contact us.

Your visit will lead you to the meeting of 3 craftsmen: the LEATHER WORKER;the WOOD TURNER; and BRASS expert craftsman.

For each craftsman, you discover the workshop, his organization and the environment in which it joins. What are the techniques and raw materials implemented? What are the characteristics which make the quality of the various observed crafts productions? By visiting in detail each workshop, by attending the current work, all these issues are approached. A large space is also reserved for the meeting:you have the opportunity to come into direct contact with the craftsman and his team, to ask questions and discuss the topics you are interested in.

As our workshops, our tours are only organized in small groups of 6 persons maximum. They are conceived according to techniques used by the professionals of training (the holidays spirit extra!) for your comfort and to give you the TIME to live and to appreciate your discovery. We alternate explanations, demonstrations and propose you even some moments of practice, if you wish, thus making your visit very lively, varied and fun, far from formatted and monotonous speeches.

Rate :29 euros(320 dirhams), including :
- access to fondouks, with demonstratiosn and explanations concerning the craftsmen's work and their workshop's organization,
- guide in charge of translation and good progress of your tour.

Planning :
Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 9am.

For more information, please contact us.

During this workshop, you discover the practice of these various techniques. The place hosts a dozen of professionals. Abdou ou Mustapha explain the particularities of the various zelliges and assembly techniques. The mosaic of zellige and the workshop's surroundings, this workshop reveal all its secrets for you!

PROGRAM :
- about 3 hour of practical work : cutting the small pieces of zellige to realize a composition which you will assemble then at home; making a scratched decoration on zellige,
- a tea-break in company with Abdou or Mustapha, both are craftsmen master (zelligeurs),
- explanations and demonstrations concerning in one hand the materials implemented, and in other hand the assembly techniques,

RATE: 49 euros* (540 dirhams) including:
- an experienced craftsman by your side,
- the tools and the raw materials,
- guide in charge of translation and good progress of workshop,
- snack,
- creation-souvenir made within the workshop.

* reduced rate if several participants ;)

PLANNING:
Every day at 10am or 2pm (except Friday and Sunday)
For any specific demand, please contact us.
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Jamal, craftsman, has obtained technical skills that earned him several times as the best craftsmen of Morocco. He has a great knowledge of the history of Moroccan jewelry and hosts regular professional training.

He offers all thehis know-how so that you can make your own creation.

PROGRAM:
- Approximately 3 hours of practical work: development of a piece of jewellery
- a tea break with Jamal
- explanations about the jewelry univers in Morocco and demonstrations concerning some tough techniques

RATE: 49 euros * (540 dirhams) including:
- An experienced craftsman by your sides,
-the tools and the raw material,
-a guide in charge of translation and the good progress of the workshop,
- a snack

*Reduced rate if several participants ;)

PLANNING:
Every day at 9am or at 14h (except Friday and Sunday morning)

For any specific request, please contact us on: www.ateliersdailleurs.com