Editorial
The editorial section shows a collection of articles that I wrote over the years for various magazines +/or museums publications. Furthermore there are a few more articles by friends of mine or links to articles that I find helpful or interesting to deepen the understanding for the traditional + contemporary weaving culture in north Africa in general + the Moroccan Berber rugs + textiles in particular.
Please understand + accept that all texts + photos are protected by the copyright of the authors +/or publishers + must not be republished without prior permission.
Maghreb Mastery
article on master weaver culture in the Maghreb with a special focus on the Moroccan Middle Atlas, Eastern Morocco and the Algerian Jebel Amour region originally published in HALI 211, London, spring 2022. © GEBHART BLAZEK + GUS COONEY
Conversation pieces
article on how designs travelled across time + space + between genders originally published in HALI 208, London, summer 2021. © GEBHART BLAZEK + ALEXANDRA SACHS
Algerian Jebel Amour rug
Anatomy of an object: Jebel Amour rug originally published in HALI 207, London, Spring 2021. © GEBHART BLAZEK
minimal Moroccan kilims
article on rare types of minimal Moroccan kilims from the Middle Atlas, the region around Boujad / Beni Mellal, the Ourika valley + the Anti-Atlas. originally published in HALI 204, London, summer 2020. © GEBHART BLAZEK + ALEXANDRA SACHS
Infinity of Stripes
article on striated textiles from the Mejjat area in the most southern part of the Anti-Atlas. originally published in HALI 200, London, summer 2019. © LUCIEN VIOLA + ALEXANDRA SACHS
(late) Moroccan animal rugs
article on animal depictions in traditional + contemporary Moroccan rugs originally published in CARPET COLLECTOR 4/2017, Hamburg, December 2017, bilingual German + English. © GEBHART BLAZEK
Ait Ouaouzguite kilims
article on the kilims + flat weaves of the Ait Ouaouzguite in the Jebel Siroua region south of the High Altas. originally published in CARPET COLLECTOR 1/2017, Hamburg, January 2017, bilingual German + English. © WILFRIED STANZER
Berber rugs 2016
article about the situation on the international market for Moroccan Berber rugs, originally published in CarpetXL 03/2016, Hamburg, bilingual German + English. © GEBHART BLAZEK
Azilal + Ourika rugs
article on the pile rugs of the Azilal province + the Ourika valley in the central High Atlas, Morocco originally published in CARPET COLLECTOR, 4/2013, Hamburg, November 2013, bilingual German + English. © GEBHART BLAZEK
Kunst-Stück: Boucherouite – Marokko + der Rest der Welt
Kunst-Stück: 'Boucherouite – Marokko + der Rest der Welt', Aurelia Jurtschitsch, 2012 03 12
post punk pink
digital version of the second catalogue on boucherouite rag rugs, Graz, September / October 2010, texts by Randall Morris + Paul Vandenbroeck. © GEBHART BLAZEK
Wild, Not Wooly, Berber Rugs
The New York Times: 'Wild, Not Wooly, Berber Rugs', Holland Cotter, 2010 07 22
boucherouite rag rugs
digital version of the first catalogue published on boucherouite rag rugs, Graz, October 2009, texts by Axel Steinmann + Gebhart Blazek. © GEBHART BLAZEK
Berber veils
article on henna painted Berber veils from the Beni Ouarain (Ahel Telt) + the Ait Haddidou + problems with their authenticity, originally published in HALI 158, London, December 2008. © GEBHART BLAZEK
antique moroccan rugs
general text on Moroccan rugs originallly published as a catalogue contribution to the exhibition "Moroccan Charm - Art of the Berber Tribes, The G. Blazek Collection of Carpets and Textiles and the I. Grammet Collection of Jewellery" L.A.Mayer museum, Jerusalem, July 2005. © GEBHART BLAZEK
earth + moon
article on the kilims + flat weaves from the Ourika valley in the central High Altas. originally published in HALI 139, London, March / April 2005. © GEBHART BLAZEK
kunstforum 03
a few images of an exhibition at the Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna, summer 2003 with detailed descriptions of the objects + some additional background information. © GEBHART BLAZEK
indigo Berber shawls
Tabrdouhte + Tabbnoute: Indigo-dyed Berber shawls of the Middle Atlas originally published in HALI 113, London, November / December 2000. © GEBHART BLAZEK
white giants. Beni Ouarain
article on white ground Berber rugs from the Beni Ouarain and neighbouring tribes in the Middle Atlas, Morocco. originally published in HALI 94, London, September 1997. © GEBHART BLAZEK
Linguistique et technologie culturelle: L’exemple du métier à tisser vertical berbère
Article about the vertical Berber loom (French) including a link to the original print PDF. Linguistique et technologie culturelle: L’exemple du métier à tisser vertical berbère. Claude Lefébure in Techniques et culture, Bulletin de l’Équipe de recherche 191 (3) 1978: 84-148
