Coppersmiths
9 500 ruelles, un musée à ciel ouvert classé au patrimoine mondial de l'Unesco.
Coppersmith is the term that refers to the skill of working metal to create all kinds of pieces with useful or decorative functions. The coppersmiths of Fes are famous because they are both musicians and maalems of metals. It may be a touch of humor to say musicians, but there’s an explanation in the perpetual hammering carried out on pieces of copper, tin, tinplate or brass.
Seffarine square, an essential place for the craftsmanship of coppersmithing
In the medina of Fes, many professionals also called maalems in Arabic, hammer metal to create objects of various shapes. In this medina, not far from R’cif square, the central square of the medina, the striking sounds resonate like a call to discover this trade practiced right in the heart of the alleyways, more precisely on Seffarine square. All these metal professionals work around Seffarine square, which brings together both the shops of merchants selling light fixtures, basins, rings and bracelets, as well as the craftsmen who, before the amazed eyes of tourists, gradually create a beauty of metallic art.
Magnificent objects made in an ancestral way
It is from these craftsmen and merchants that Riad Jamaï sourced items for the guesthouse fes. Based on the plan of each room tracing the lighting installations, switches and flow of people, the team acquired or had unique pieces created to embellish the riad fez Jamaï.
This is how you will discover on site during your stay in fes that Riad Jamaï is furnished with coppersmith pieces that are all different from one another. The metallic objects present at the riad are basins to adorn the bathrooms, lanterns to grace the pool, light fixtures for the chandeliers, wall sconces, and platters for tea service.
Coppersmiths as a showcase of Moroccan craftsmanship
The home handmade label is one that Fes obtained in 2017 and it is an important symbol of the craftsmanship of the city of Fes. Coppersmithing is omnipresent in the stalls of merchants in the medina of Fes, it also represents a fundamental activity for local trade and the export of pieces to neighboring or western countries. The hammering work on sheets of copper, tin or brass provides a spectacle open to every passerby in these alleyways adjacent to Seffarine. Needless to say, photos of this visual and auditory art flood the web, where patience and precision are essential qualities for creating unique objects.
The Riad Jamaï team wishes you a pleasant discovery of Moroccan craftsmanship and the medina of Fes, we hope to welcome you for your stay in fes and accompany you throughout your stay.