Discover the art of Moroccan brass engraving in a warm, welcoming environment! The class is taught in Moroccan Arabic, but don’t worry — visual demonstrations and clear step-by-step guidance make it easy to follow, even if you don’t speak the language.

Using a divider and ruler you will find the center, trace circles and divide them into a specific number

Using a set of chisels you will try your hands on making straight lines

Using a variety of different stamps from our 1550 stamps collection, you will add details to your creativity.

Master Abdelilah al-Waqaf will raise the edge of your brass sheet to turn into in a tray.

Enjoy it!

Master Mokhtar El Fasiki, apprentice artisan since 1957, master since 1968 and head of the brass guild of Fes since 1993.
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In this class, you’ll be guided step by step as you create your very own leather-bound journal, complete with decorative braid stitching and deckle-edged paper. By the end of the session, you’ll walk away with a beautiful handmade notebook — and quite possibly a brand-new hobby

Using an awl and a stencil, we will poke hole through folded sheets of paper.

Using a heavy bookbinding press, we will select a pattern to be embossed onto the covers of the book.

Using a variety of different stamps from our collection, you will add details to your cover.

Using waxed thread and a needle, we will stitch the sections together while creating the stunning binding braids.

Enjoy it!

Hamza El Fasiki apprenticed under his father and other masters in Fes Morocco between 2011 and 2021 and is now an experienced maker/instructor.
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