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White moroccan zellige tile.
Otherwise known as zillij or zellij is the arabic word for tile dating back to the 10th century when this tile making craft began.
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The art of making zellige is passed from generation to generation in morocco.
Our tiles are composed of unrefined clay which is hand kneaded with a bit of water shaped carefully dried and finally kiln fired to set each tiles unique appearance.
How it s made cement tiles are made by hand one at a time using mineral pigments cement a mold and a hydraulic press.
Zia tile is based in los angeles and ships handmade encaustic cement tile and moroccan zellige tile worldwide.
Moroccan zellige tiles sourced from marseille in la vie en rose.
These hand chiseled moroccan tiles acquire their coloring from the historic clay body that is a rich terracotta inherently forcing it s hue through the glazes.
Variation in cement tile and zellige is the point.
Cle s weathered white zellige is a glazed moroccan terracotta made up of 50 shades of white including grays creams pinks celadons and even blues.
Our weathered white is to white glazed terracotta tiles what opals are to white gemstones.
A 12th century poet s villa in st paul de vence restored for modern living photograph by helen cathcart.
It s a prized but dying art.
Baked in wood fired kilns loaded with olive pits these glazes feature a rich undulating.