Comments on: The One-Eyed Salt-Carver from Siwa Who Still Loves His Craft

By: Karin Kloosterman

Karin Kloosterman — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:32:22 +0000

Email Tafline@greenprophet.com. She should be able to help.

By: veronica Dicenta

veronica Dicenta — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:19:31 +0000

Dear karin,

I have been searching for a way to get in touch with a company in Siwa oasis to get this beautiful salt carvings..but I have not been very succesful with my search…would it be possible to send me a address where I can get in touch with them. many thanks.

By: Tafline Laylin

Tafline Laylin — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:51:50 +0000

I agree Karin. And you can feel it in the atmosphere of their shops. The carver’s love is infused in the products, whereas goods produced on an assembly line have virtually no character to them at all.

By: Karin Kloosterman

Karin Kloosterman — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:13:27 +0000

In reply to Tafline Laylin. What I liked about Morocco, and what you've found in Siwa, are people who are still connected to their craft. So much of what we see in oriental markets is from China, and I appreciate the fact that people are still earning a living, if only modestly, by doing things the old fashioned way, by hand as it was always done before machines and globalization.

By: Tafline Laylin

Tafline Laylin — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:15:36 +0000

Thanks Zaufishan. He’s such a great guy and his work is beautiful. I think he prefers carving stone to carving meat 🙂

By: Zaufishan

Zaufishan — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:43:06 +0000

That was very interesting Tafline. A prayer for Nabil, such motivation! In Islam there’s a saying explaining that being blind does not restrict one’s ‘vision’ – to be artistic, to be tenacious, to feel green!