Engraving on wood

Engraving on wood in Morocco, a high-art aesthetic Aselthm characteristics of ancient civilizations


The art of engraving on wood in Morocco of the arts and creative high-end thoroughbreds which is famous for its many cities where inspired by the technical and aesthetic characteristics of the arts and civilizations very old.


A manufacturer of Mohammed Salami in a statement to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that the charm of this beautiful art passed down the generations in the Kingdom since ancient times over its terms of reference are old and outdated traditions deeply linked to the Islamic arts, creations and Eastern Andalusia and others.




He stressed that these magical arts that make up an important part of the iceberg Handicraft of Morocco and the Arab fertile and diverse number of cities are concentrated especially antique outskirts of the capital Rabat, Salé, Fez, Marrakech, plus a range of cities in the south.


He said the cities of Morocco antique Astotntha many peoples and races have left their rich civilizations is recognized in the field of engraving on wood of all kinds.


He added that the city (Safi) adjacent to the city of Casablanca was famous for ceramic industries, either all of the city of Essaouira, Agadir and Tiznit was famous for jewelery industry.


He said my peace, who works in this art workshop specializing in the outskirts of Rabat-Salé that artisans in this area using thin wood of the kind called a good name (Cashew) are imported from a number of countries including France, Italy, Brazil and other countries, other Asian.


He explained that the art forms that are carved on the facades of tables, sofas and other products are Ttaehma Kaj several articles of silver and copper and the bones of cows, which gives it great artistic value apart from other manufactures other normal.


For his part, said the teacher Arab traveler, an official workshop in Rabat told KUNA that the art engraving on wood of the assets of Islamic purely considering that the most famous Islamic mosques in history, decorated with the creativity of the manufacturer of traditional specializing in engraving on wood especially for doors, windows, and a warrior prayer, ceilings and walls.


He added that the traveler engraving on wood has something in common with a number of other arts such as hand-engraving on plaster, glass and mosaic industry, as well as calligraphy and the Arab and Islamic Alrkhamyat and copperplate.


He explained that the engraving on wood known also booming in the two Phoenician and Roman also saw the development in modern Andalusia as well as explaining that this was reflected in the pattern of houses and homes and courtyards as well as old mosques especially in the Moroccan cities of old Fez, Marrakech and other cities of Arab and Islamic countries.