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Olive wood

Since Tunisia is a huge olive producer country of olives, the benefits coming from olive wood is a plus added to the oil.The wood of the olive tree is appreciated for its veins which give an artistic specificity to certain cooking utensils. Its solidity and endurance in the heat are recognized by many sculptors and industrialists, so many cooking utensils are made of olive wood. These have have a very interesting pattern and shape, a very warm pleasant color and well polished texture also they are very durable.

Silver Arts

Tunisian silverwork is undoubtedly the richest of the local crafts, in terms of tradition. In large part, this is due to the influence of many cultures it has been subjected to over the centuries - Tunisian, North African, Roman, - resulting in highly diversified designs, distinctly reflecting each of the many regions of this relatively small country. Unlike jewelry that evolves and loses its symbolic value, Tunisian silverware may lose its function, but retains the same passion it had on day one of its creation, manifested in the numerous pieces of luxury, trinkets and accessories, much liked by the customers seeking to use them for furnishing and decorating their interiors.

Copper crafts

Copper is the metal of which handicrafts made the greatest use. This is the 18th century that the craft of copper had its golden age in Tunisia, particularly in large cities (Tunis, Sfax, Kairouan). The copper objects are an important part of the trousseau of the bride in urban families until the mid-twentieth century. Today, chasing is spreading and wire inlay adorns money, especially for yellow copper plates. Pots and red copper pots keeping visible traces of hammering, and which is used as a cache pots. Like ceramics, vases the most varied forms such as braziers, the candy boxes, flower vases, are covered with a vitreous enamel warm colors like green, purple and honey, that leaves a shine floral decoration schematically.