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Henna Gallery II - Moroccan Designs There are many Moroccan
designs scattered throughout this site and also here. Check back often
as I am always discovering more. You will note that Moroccan henna
designs are easily differentiated from those of the Indian/Pakistani
and Arabian tradition. Moroccan designs tend toward more graphic (less
literal) interpretations of organic forms, along with a larger emphasis
on symbols which are rooted in their Berber ancestry. |
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This design comes from a wooden sugar hammer from the Souss, a region in the South of Morocco |
 This Moroccan design is taken from henna painting on a Moroccan drum in "Arts and Crafts of Morocco" by James F. Jereb |
 A facial tattoo of the Middle Atlas Berbers, said to ward off the evil eye |
The following are sketches made during my wanderings in Morocco:
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Carved plaster from a Sultan's palace in Marrakesh |
Embroidery on a pillow on which my feet rested while they were being hennaed - drawing this design passed some time while the henna dried |
Carved plaster from a Sultan's palace in Marrakesh |
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Carved plaster from a Sultan's palace in Marrakesh |
Design from Fez ceramics in a museum |
Design from Fez ceramics in a museum |
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Design from Fez ceramics in a museum |
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 Kuwaiti poppy, from Morocco This design is courtesy of Kree Arvanitas of Gilded Lillies |
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