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How zellige is cut

One hammer, six centuries — watching a maâlem cut a single tile

BY CULTIQ EDITORIAL
How zellige is cut — CULTIQ Editorial

Five steps, one hammer, and a geometry that has not changed in six centuries. We filmed a maâlem in Fès shaping a single furmah, from fired blank to bevelled edge.

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