During lockdown in Brussels, Valérie Barkowski was bored at the table. Placemats, tablecloths: always the same, nothing ever moving. She opened her notebook and drew an island. Ozera was born like that—an original placemat to be composed. An idea born during Covid Three meals a day, at home, without moving, without going out: Covid gave …
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Ozera, the original placemat born from the idea of an island
Hand-embroidered home linen in Marrakech: the story of Trass
It is the simplest stitch in all embroidery: the one a child reproduces instinctively, needle in hand, the one used to mend a hem or assemble a garment before the final seam. Trass brings this stitch into our hand-embroidered home linen in Marrakech for the first time. The city’s embroidery has been built around other …
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Luxury bespoke home linen, by V.Barkowski in Marrakech
The V.Barkowski boutique in Marrakech is a place where nearly three decades of creation, experimentation, and passion for Moroccan textile craftsmanship converge. Since my arrival in Morocco, I knew that everything was possible here: traditions are perpetuated, artisans keep ancient techniques alive, and the wildest ideas can become reality. The Joy of Possibilities I remember …
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Fez Embroidery: The Origin of Our Noon Collection
In 1997, Valérie Barkowski extracts a single stitch from Fez embroidery, enlarges it, and scatters it irregularly across a white cotton pillowcase. This is the first piece in the Noon collection. Twenty-nine years later, it is still made by hand in the Marrakech workshop, with the same gesture, with the same thread. Fez embroidery: what …
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Caring for artisanal linens: preserving the fabric and the quality of high-end pieces
V.Barkowski home linen collections are rooted in mastered textile techniques: embroidery stitched point by point, trimmings crafted in the workshop, tassels assembled by hand, and precise finishes that require true expertise. These pieces follow neither an industrial pace nor a standardized gesture. They are designed to last, to be used every day, and to stand …
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The starting point for home linens
Home linens always begin with the material.Before cutting, before embroidery, before finishing, there is the fabric. How it behaves, how it responds to use, its ability to last. That is where I have worked from day one. Choosing natural textile materials is a way of producing, of deciding what enters the home, the bed, everyday …
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Handcrafted Accessories in Marrakech: Personal Creations
The handcrafted accessories I offer in my Marrakech boutique are a natural extension of my textile universe. I design them with the same rigor, the same pleasure, and above all, without hierarchy among everyday objects. Each piece is conceived to live, be worn, used, and passed down. © Nicole Manfron Creating Accessories as I Create …
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V.Barkowski Home Linen at Riad Soumaya: a contemporary address on the Ourika Road
A Contemporary Home at the Gates of Marrakech Riad Soumaya is located on the Ourika Road, a few minutes from Marrakech. The house is contemporary but designed as a riad, echoing the first riad that the owners, a Belgian couple, had lived in the kasbah. Their experience in the medina inspired the architecture of this …
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Baraka: My Passementerie Lucky Charm Bracelet
A Baraka bracelet handmade in Marrakech I am called Baraka. Quite striking, isn’t it? Luck, gratitude, joy: I embody all of this on the wrists of those who adopt me. I was born a twisted thread, inspired by passementerie, with tassels at the ends, two circumflex accents that have gone astray. Once tied, I become …
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