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Crafts: passing on the know-how

Weaving, ceramics, engraved copper: Tunisian crafts depend on skills passing from master artisans to apprentices.

An artisan’s hands shaping copper in a souk workshop.
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In the workshops of the medinas, every gesture is learned from a master artisan. That handover is what keeps the crafts alive.

It takes time, places to train and real prospects for the young people who choose these trades.

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