Plate 00 · the house

Eight
hands, thirteen
towns

A basket is woven in an afternoon and rimmed the next morning. The film runs for the length of one pour of tea, then begins again.

Taza · loop
The ritual
Tea, three pours
01 — the pot
01 — the pot
Silver-plated brass from Fès, legs on, so it can stand on the coals.
02 — the glass
02 — the glass
Beldi glass, blown from recycled bottles. The green is the glass, not a dye.
03 — the sprinkler
03 — the sprinkler
Rose water over the hands when the third glass is poured. Yellow copper.
Four rooms
240 entries
01 · EAT The pantry Argan, olive oil, saffron — sourced from cooperatives we know by name. 9 pieces 02 · COOK The kitchen Clay, brass and copper, shaped by hand and meant to be used daily. 98 pieces 03 · LIVE The home Woven palm, carved thuya, tanned leather — objects for the rooms we live in. 93 pieces 04 · CARE The ritual Ghassoul, argan and rose — the hammam brought home. 12 pieces
The baskets
Woven, by hand
No two grains agree
Essaouira · thuya root
No two grains agree

Thuya root is cut from the base of the tree, where the grain knots and swirls under the burl. Essaouira's marquetry workshops have worked it for generations — no two boxes are ever quite the same.

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Our own label
OVO

Formulated and bottled by TUYYA since 2009 — argan, rose and ghassoul, the hammam distilled into a shelf of skincare that carries the house's own name.

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OVO
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The film is the workshop. Nothing is staged.
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