Deep teal glazed zellige tiles covering a bathroom wall behind a brass heated towel rail

Architectural surfaces

Handmade
Zellige Tiles

Name: Handmade Zellige Tiles
Brand: Craft of Medina

Hand-cut and hand-glazed from natural clay, so that no two tiles read exactly alike. The surface holds the light and the colour moves across a wall - the reason zellige still cannot be imitated by a printed tile.

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The material

A surface with character
rather than uniformity

Zellige is cut by hand from natural clay, glazed by hand and kiln-fired, which is where its tonal variation comes from. We develop it through our own workshops in Fès - in custom colours, sizes and layouts - for projects that want the material itself.

Defining qualities

Hand-cut and hand-glazed natural clay
Subtle tonal variation, luminous surface
Custom colours, sizes and layouts
Suitable for wet areas and feature walls

Suggested applications

Hotel reception feature walls
Restaurant counters and bar fronts
Spa and hammam wet areas
Boutique bathroom and powder rooms

In finished spaces

How the material reads

A short edit of completed projects. The wider archive sits further down the page.

Turquoise zellige tiles wrapping a kitchen island and continuing across the splashback — **Kitchen island** - turquoise glaze carried from the splashback onto the island face.

Saffron yellow zellige splashback behind a white sink and brass tap — **Splashback** - saffron glaze, gloss varying tile to tile.

Terracotta pink zellige lining an arched recess above a freestanding bath — **Bath recess** - cut to follow the arch.

Warm clay-toned zellige lining the wall above a restaurant banquette — **Restaurant** - warm clay tones taken across a full wall behind the banquette.

Deep olive green zellige wall behind open kitchen shelving holding glassware — **Shelf wall** - deep olive, glazed to reflect the room back.

Pale sage green zellige wall framing a marble-lined cooking niche — **Cooking niche** - pale sage against marble and plaster.

Traditional zellige star pattern hand-cut in green and beige glazes

Crafted in Morocco. Developed for refined spaces.

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Colour range

Eighty-six glazes,
and custom beyond them

Every colour below is a standard glaze, photographed as fired. Select any swatch for its name, reference and a direct enquiry - or send us a colour to match, as custom glazes are developed at sampling stage.

Showing all 86 colours - select any swatch for its name, reference and enquiry.

Project archive

The wider set

Further installations, panels and glaze combinations. Select any image to enlarge.

Emerald green zellige tiles cladding a kitchen island with a wooden stool alongside — Emerald island

Bronze-brown glazed zellige lining an arched shower recess with a brass shower set — Bronze shower recess

Dark olive zellige tiles forming the wall behind a black wood-burning stove — Fireplace wall

Pale blue zellige shower wall with a dark red border framing the shower set — Framed border, two glazes

Shower walls in beige, pink and deep red zellige laid as vertical bands — Vertical bands, three glazes

Pale green zellige wall above a white fireclay butler sink with brass taps — Pale green, brass fittings

Olive green rectangular zellige tiles stacked across a kitchen island front — Rectangular format

Pink scallop-shaped zellige tiles forming a kitchen backsplash behind a brass tap — Scallop shape, pink glaze

Pink scallop-shaped zellige covering a shower wall with a copper shower set — Scallop shape, wet area

Green and white petal-shaped zellige mosaic running behind two wall-hung basins — Petal mosaic band

Turquoise zellige wall with an orange-framed fireplace surround in a blue kitchen — Turquoise with orange frame

Coral red zellige tiles forming a rectangular fireplace surround against a white wall — Coral surround

White zellige tiles surrounding a linear fireplace in a pale living room — White, living room

White zellige backsplash with a shaped upper edge behind a bath and round mirror — Shaped upper edge

Green, yellow and white five-sided zellige tiles set across a kitchen splashback — Five-sided format

Hands holding a panel of white and blue diamond-shaped zellige tiles against a wall — Diamond format, two glazes

Hands holding a hand-cut zellige panel of red, teal and yellow stars on white — Hand-cut star panel

Teal and white zellige tiles set as a checked panel on a pale pink wall — Checked layout

Bright green zellige cladding a seating platform and counter in a shoe shop — Retail seating platform

Pink plastered terrace arch banded with red zellige tiles above a seating booth — External arch banding

Pale pink zellige tiles resting beside a rack of fired tiles in the workshop — Fired tiles, workshop

A hand holding a pale green zellige sample tile against a tiled wall for comparison — Matching a glaze on site

Custom development

From reference
to fired tile

We work from a reference image, sketch, moodboard, material direction or a complete interior concept. Colour, size, shape and layout are all adapted to the project, and each piece is reviewed for consistency and finish before it leaves the workshop.

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Also developed in zellige

Hand-cut mosaic panels, borders and bespoke geometry - developed from your drawings for lobby walls, reception desks and hammam rooms. Bejmat terracotta is the companion floor material.

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Guides

Specifying zellige

Written for designers, architects and FF&E buyers – what the material does, where it belongs, and what to settle before anything is ordered.

Zellige vs ceramic and subway tile What you actually trade between handmade and machine-made, and where the machine tile is the right answer. Zellige colour palettes for hospitality Four palette families that hold up under hotel lighting, with swatches you can enquire on directly. Choosing grout colour for zellige Three strategies for the joint, and what each does to a wall at distance. Zellige in showers, wet rooms and hammams Zone by zone through a wet area, and what to agree before the tile is ordered. Why zellige colour varies between batches What a colour reference promises, and the five things that control variation on a project. Can zellige be used on floors? The narrow set of floors where a wall tile genuinely works. How zellige is made Six stages from local clay to hand-cut tile, and how each shows up in the wall.

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Enquiries

Let’s develop your next project

Send the colours, quantities and spaces you are working with - or simply the moodboard. We will come back with a considered response.

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HandmadeZellige Tiles

A surface with characterrather than uniformity