PEOPLE AND ARTWORK IN MOROCCO

I have been in Morocco four times, on a round trip. The first one was just a little one and then we spent our holidays in this country. This is long time ago and Mr. G. still travelled. But then I did three big once. The South, the North and then all Imperial cities. All three were very interesting. 

Here are some pictures which I took but have never published, it shows the Moroccan people on the streets and also how they work to make beautiful plates, vases and mosaic and work in a factory

As the main streets were really pretty in the evenings with all these lights I don't remember the city where I took this picture !

Women sitting on the benches along the street and chat and laugh.They were very friendly. As you see only the elderly woman wore a scarf.

a young mother with her little girl

 entrance into a house

a wall in the factory

Mosaic is made here

A lot of smoke came out of the factory

This man makes vases, bowls and plates

and this girl paints them

He paints the huge vases

Mosaic

It's quite a puzzle creating these mosaics

And the finished artwork

It seemed to me that the working conditions would never be acceptable in our Western countries, but these men seemed to be very happy and proud of their work ! 

And they can be, because what I saw was really very beautiful !

more participants here

MY WORLD - Path of Artists

more participants here


The invitation

A friend of mine invited me to a "Path of Artists" which means that artists are organizing an exposition in their town or in their municipals and show their works in their private homes. You get a plan with the addresses of the houses where an exposition takes place. It is very interesting because not only you see the artworks but also the houses and how the artist lives.

I only had a few km to the little town and my GPS took the shortest way so instead of driving on a big mainstreet I found myself in the middle of the countryside !



The street was very narrow and in fact (what I learned later) mostly for bikers, but I had this beautiful landscape with the horses instead of a busy street. Apparently I wasn't the only one who had the same adventure, other people had it too with their GPS !



But I arrived safely and here is the house with the first artist I visited. She did mostly sculptures but also other things.



Her works were exposed all over the house, here you see the kitchen and the living room.



Each house had the invitation poster at the main entrance, you can see an easel in the backyard.




My friend exposed three sculptures, you can see them in the post below, but the one I liked the most is the sculpture of her son with his pregnant wife.




Other artists not only exposed in their houses but also in tents (you are never sure about the weather !)



another house



where you even got something to eat and drink



and one, with solar pannels. I see them more and more here in my area.