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Highlights
- Design your own thuya wood piece at Cooperative Naouras Elhanchane near Essaouira, then leave with the wooden object you created yourself.
- Arrive for a 2-hour group session, meet your guide, and get set up at your workstation before you start learning basic carving techniques.
- Work with wood blocks, tools, and materials, practicing cutting, smoothing, and joining until the design you planned slowly comes to life.
- Pause during the workshop for water or tea, then pose with your completed piece for a photo souvenir that captures your time in the studio.
Your Experience
Join a 2-hour thuya woodcraft workshop at Cooperative Naouras Elhanchane and craft your own piece in a standard group workshop format.
Getting started
Arrive at Cooperative Naouras Elhanchane near Essaouira and check in for your standard group workshop. You meet your expert guide, who introduces the thuya woodcraft process and the tools you will use. After a brief overview of the session, you take your place at the workbench and get set up with wood, tools, and materials.
What to expect
Cooperative Naouras Elhanchane
This 2-hour thuya woodcraft workshop takes place at a local cooperative near Essaouira, where artisans specialize in turning thuya wood into everyday objects and decorative articles.
Features
- During this 2-hour thuya woodcraft workshop at a local cooperative, you learn how to make objects and articles from thuya wood, following step-by-step guidance from a professional guide. The standard group workshop format lets you observe how others interpret the same material while you focus on your own piece.
- All wood, tools, and materials are provided, so you can concentrate on shaping, carving, and finishing without bringing any equipment. Your expert guide demonstrates techniques, then gives you time to apply them directly to your own work.
- The finished piece to take home is yours to keep, a tangible reminder of your hands-on craft workshop in Essaouira. Before you leave, you also receive a photo souvenir that captures you working with thuya wood at Cooperative Naouras Elhanchane.
- Water or tea is available during the session, allowing you to pause briefly between stages of the crafting process. Throughout the workshop, the professional guide remains on hand to answer questions and help with any part of the project.
Inclusions & Exclusions
- 2-hour thuya woodcraft workshop at local cooperative
- Expert guide
- Wood, tools, and materials provided
- Finished piece to take home
- Water or tea
- Photo souvenir
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
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Ticket Delivery
- Your voucher will be emailed to you shortly.
- Display the voucher on your mobile phone with a valid photo ID at the starting point.
- Please check your final voucher for the starting point details and specific instructions.
Cancellation Policy
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts.
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