High Atlas

Overview

The high mountains across central Morocco. Cold, remote, and cut off for much of the year — and the weaving that came out of that isolation is tight, geometric, and disciplined.

Visual Grammar

The High Atlas favours dense allover fields: interlocking diamonds and lozenge grids that cover the whole surface. The palette leans on undyed ivory and warm ochre, with indigo used sparingly as an accent. Borders do real work here, holding the field in rather than just framing it. Where a composition breaks its own symmetry, the break is deliberate.

Technique Traditions

Mostly flatweave kilim and pile-knotted work. The wool is hand-spun from local flocks, and older pieces are natural-dyed. The weaving is precise and structural — a tradition passed down with little drift, and it shows in the control.