Original Moroccan Mosaic Wall & Floor

Original Moroccan Mosaic Tiles Zelliges

Moroccan tiles, also called the Zellige, are a Moroccan-Andalusian architecture which has truly adapted to contemporary decorating styles while maintaining an artisanal production.
The Zellige is a technique that allows the manufacture of mosaics by assembling small pieces of ceramic bound by cement.
The main feature of Zellige is that the drawings are executed in reverse. The mosaics are used for decorating the mosques, fountains, houses and furniture and more.
Appeared in Morocco in the tenth century in shades of white and brown, the art of Moroccan tiles developed in the fourteenth century under the reign of Merinids with the use of green and yellow. The red was used only on the seventeenth century.
The antique furnishings natural colors were used until the end of the twentieth century and the colors had probably not evolved much since the time of Merinids. Today, the palette of tiles was particularly enriched in bright colors.
The raw material for making ceramic tile is gray clay. It is present in the vicinity of Fez.
It is mixed with water in tanks for a week to obtain a homogeneous whole.
This paste is then poured into templates (wooden molds) for the clay tiles that are dry for several days in the sun.
One side of the clay tile is dipped in color and then dried face against face before going to cooking for eight hours. The ovens are made of two parts: the home and the cooking chamber. The walls of the oven are made from clay and straw.
The fuel used is olive to start the oven and then pressed olive waste from oil mills is a catalyst (is a substance that increases the speed of a chemical reaction). The temperature can climb well up to 1200 ° C. The floor of the cooking chamber is located above the firebox and is pierced with holes for the diffusion of heat.
Clay tiles are arranged in several floors.
At the first floor are the cool colors (white, blue, beige) and halfway up the yellow, green and finally red at the top.
The cooking chamber is then closed by a door sealed with clay.
Once baked the color tiles has taken its final color and became resplendent with silica.
Ceramic tiles are now ready to be used for Zellige.

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