Tamagroute Candle Centerpiece

These vessels are handmade in a southern Moroccan village called Tamegroute.  They were made using traditional earthenware clay and glazed in the region’s traditional green and amber tones (the green tones come from the addition of copper oxide and the amber/yellow from iron and manganese). These pieces were similar to the kind of pieces that were actually used in homes as cooking vessels, storage jars, and lighting for real households  They are sturdy, functional, and made to live on tables and floors. These aren’t “tourist ceramics”; they come out of the same everyday pottery tradition that produced such vessels for generations.

A defining feature of this style is its intentional unevenness. Moroccan potters work with natural, locally dug clay and fire their pieces in wood-burning kilns, which creates the variations you see in the glaze — color shifts, drips, pinholes, smoky shadowing, and dark mineral freckles. None of it is a flaw. It’s the fingerprint of the kiln and the mark of a handmade object, giving each piece its own character and surface depth.

The result is a piece that feels warm, timeworn, and genuinely connected to Moroccan craft — simple in purpose, expressive in its making, and perfectly imperfect in all the ways that handmade pottery should be.

Measures:

Medium roughly 10" x 12"

Large roughly 20" x 20"