It is very rare that an artists skill creates tears in my eyes; and here we are, at a pottery producer in Fes – pottery of all! When I studied arts, pottery was never my favorite, because it is not precise enough, it is too sticky, somewhat rough compared with jewelry for example. And those artists at that pottery production place in Fes each have a different specialty. Watching them chisel designs from a finished glacéd vase, or chiseling shapes out of glacéd tiles which then are put together into mosaics – and everything upside down! Just remembering the colors of each of them makes me dizzy!

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Islam has prohibited two kinds of adornment for men, while permitting them to women: these are gold ornaments and clothing made of pure silk. So what do you do as a man whose woolen kaftan is way too warm to wear in the summer? You create something as lightweight as silk, as cool as silk and as beautiful as silk, but not made of silk! Alcohol / tequila is not allowed either, so a good usage for all those agave plants growing everywhere would be to produce something wearable, right?

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