Mohamed, pottery craftman
- Craftsman: O. Mohamed
- Craft: potier
- City: Marrakech
- Direction: 10km ouest Marrakech
What binds Mohamed to the Moroccan pottery is both a family inheritance and a passion for shaping clay and the techniques therein.
But what really distinguishes him formost from his colleagues it's his ingenuity. within his own workshop near Marrakech, Mohamed has invented new machines. Easy to use, the latter allows in some operations,to save a great deal of time, to facilitate the workers activitie and improve the overall quality of its products.
During your pottery training cours in Marrakech, these innovations developed by Mohamed will be presented, as well as all the techniques and gestures of genuine Moroccan potters.
Mohamed grew up in the Ourika valley, towards the south when left Marrakech to High Atlas mountains direction. In this region at the age of twelve, he began to learn the Moroccan pottery techniques in 1969. Until 1984, he practiced his profession in the Ourika Valley within his family workshop. Then he opened his own workshop where he worked for two years he was twenty-seven years old. In 1986 he moved to the village of potters, which takes place today the trainig cours. where he practicing and hand over his passion with his two son.
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- Moroccan cooking class : TRIDE - Aurélie M., le 2010-05-19
Bravo à ateliers d’ailleurs pour l’organisation et merci à Mohamed (prononcé à la marocaine !!) de nous avoir accompagné dans cette ave ... - poterie - Romaric S., le 02/07/2016
Nous avons adoré la métaphore " tout fonctionne en couple, mâle et femelle quelque soit la création" Cet artisan est tres intelligent communiquant ... - Pottery training course: casting and turning techniques - Isabelle F., le 25/07/2016
Un excellent moment passé avec Hafsa et Mohammed. Hafsa a su traduire et nous assister pendant toute cette matinée. Mohammed nous a fait partager sa ...
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