Moroccan ethnographic research
In the Anti-Atlas Mountains of Morocco, textile traditions have been carried through generations of Amazigh women, who weave not only fabric, but identity, memory, and cosmology. Their henna-dyed textiles are vessels of protection, fertility, and collective ancestry, objects born from ritual, community, and an unbroken lineage of craft.
Two weeks of winding through the Atlas Mountains, covering almost 2,000 kilometers through unpaved roads and incredible landscapes, to discover what weaving means to Moroccans.
In Berber culture, the creation of a carpet, scarf, or blanket is far more than craft, it is a spiritual act, a gesture of connection and a story to tell. These are slow objects, born from local wool of the surrounding mountains and dyed with the colors that the region can offer.
Year
2025
Category
Research · Field Research
Presented at
Como Design Festival 2026, exhibited as “Threads of Origin”
This research led toThreads of origin→“We believe the loom is the universe. And what we create within it, a carpet, is something born inside that universe. It has a soul. Like a human being. As we cut the threads, we dip the scissors into water, cut, dip, cut, dip, until the carpet is free. That water now holds the soul of what we’ve made. We never throw it away. Instead, we pour it into the earth, to feed a plant, to give new life.”Fatima
