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Explore the artisans represented within My Chakchouka and discover the products, knowledge, practices, places, and relationships connected to their work. Artisans Directory About The Directory Represented Artisans Representation Principles About The Directory The Artisans Directory brings together artisans who are represented within My Chakchouka. These artisans participate in the institution through their work, knowledge, practices, and relationships. Their representation helps connect visitors to the people behind products, skills, traditions, and forms of expertise that contribute to the broader ecosystem. The directory serves as a point of exploration for understanding the artisans represented within the institution and the realities connected to their participation. Each represented artisan can be explored through the relationships connected to their work, including products, practices, knowledge, places, and other contributors where relevant. The purpose of the directory is not simply to gather artisan profiles in one place. It is to provide pathways through which visitors can explore the people whose participation contributes to the institution. Represented Artisans The artisans represented within My Chakchouka participate through a wide range of products, practices, skills, and forms of knowledge. Each representation provides a pathway for understanding an artisan's work through the relationships connected to it, including products, places, practices, contributors, and other relevant forms of context. Explore the represented artisans below. Chmissa Northwest Highlands Sejnane Pottery Adel & Aida Northwest Highlands Honey production Representation Principles Representation within the Artisans Directory is guided by the broader principles of the institution. Artisans are not represented solely because of a product, a profession, or a category. Representation seeks to connect visitors to the people, knowledge, practices, and relationships that contribute to the realities documented within My Chakchouka. Representation is therefore approached through context rather than listing. Each artisan may be connected to different products, places, forms of knowledge, practices, and contributors depending on the nature of their participation and the information available. Representation also develops over time. As documentation expands, relationships become clearer, and new information emerges, representations may evolve to provide a more complete understanding of an artisan's participation within the institution. For this reason, the directory should be understood as an evolving framework rather than a finished archive. Its purpose is not to provide definitive profiles. Its purpose is to support a more connected understanding of the artisans represented within the institution.

Olive wood kitchen and home objects made in Tunisia, valued for density, grain, and durability. Olive Wood Mediterranean olive wood, hand-carved with organic grain for warmth, depth, and daily use. Most Chosen for Daily Use Zephyr — Large Individual Bowl (27 cm) Price €44.00 ADD TO CART Storka – Low Side Serving Bowl (27 cm) Price €39.00 ADD TO CART Zerka – Deep Dinner Plate (27 cm) Price €42.00 ADD TO CART Hout – Large Deep Serving Plate (31 cm) Price €54.00 ADD TO CART Chosen for shared meals Zephyr — Large Individual Bowl (27 cm) Price €44.00 ADD TO CART Storka – Low Side Serving Bowl (27 cm) Price €39.00 ADD TO CART Zerka – Deep Dinner Plate (27 cm) Price €42.00 ADD TO CART Hout – Large Deep Serving Plate (31 cm) Price €54.00 ADD TO CART Shipping Returns Support

Southern Oases in Tunisia, structured around stillness, water-led rhythms, and calibrated continuity. Southern Oases & Desert Edge Stillness, water-led rhythms, and calibrated continuity. Orientation Snapshot Southern Tunisian territory positioned at the northern gateway of the African Sahara Oasis towns functioning as engineered settlements Landscape composed of salt flats, rocky plains, and dune zones A region defined by scale, precision, and environmental authority Operating Conditions Water governs settlement form, agriculture, and social order Oases operate as hydraulic systems with timed distribution and shared regulation Movement responds to surface hardness, salinity, and seasonal temperature Architecture minimizes exposure and visibility alongside heat control Desert towns historically regulated circulation between Africa and the Mediterranean Seasonal shifts alter use without disrupting underlying systems Reality Pins The Tunisian Sahara is structurally compact yet systemically dense Chott el Jerid functions as a salt system with variable passability Oasis agriculture follows a deliberate three-layer ecological design Date palms require manual pollination and continuous labor Low light pollution makes the region one of the clearest night-sky zones in the Mediterranean Winter months attract international presence without altering local structure Material & Making Implications Palm fibers support baskets, cordage, fencing, and repair Clay and brick enable breathable, heat-adapted construction Wool and animal fibers serve insulation and mobility Objects prioritize balance, durability, and integration Handoff Materials follow water hierarchies and desert conditions. Objects reflect restraint, calibration, and long memory.

An overview of object types in Tunisia, organized by use and function within everyday making systems. Tunisian Object Culture Everyday objects shaped by climate, materials, and domestic life across Tunisia. Across Tunisia, everyday objects developed through long interaction between climate, materials, and daily life. Bowls, baskets, utensils, textiles, and surfaces were shaped by practical needs: storing water, preparing food, carrying goods, creating shade, and organizing domestic space. Over generations these needs produced forms that balance durability, proportion, and usefulness. Rather than emerging from formal design movements, Tunisian objects evolved through repeated use within households and workshops. This relationship between environment, life, and material practice forms what can be understood as Tunisian object culture. What Tunisian Object Culture Means Tunisian object culture refers to the everyday material forms that developed through domestic routines and local resources. Many objects used in Tunisian homes follow a practical logic shaped by use and longevity. Clay vessels manage heat and cooking. Olive wood tools support preparation and serving. Woven baskets carry produce and household goods. Wool textiles structure living spaces and seasonal comfort. These objects are not isolated artifacts. They belong to a wider system in which climate, available materials, and daily habits influence how objects are designed, made, and used. Object Logics in Tunisian Material Culture Everyday objects in Tunisia reflect recurring relationships between climate, materials, domestic routines, and durability. These relationships appear consistently across homes and workshops and can be understood as object logics shaping how objects are designed and used. Water & Heat Thresholds & Boundaries Light & Time Carrying & Containment Ground, Shade & Sleep Adornment & Function Objects in Tunisian Homes Many objects commonly found in Tunisian households illustrate this material culture. Clay bowls and plates support shared meals. Olive wood utensils assist with cooking and serving. Woven baskets carry bread, produce, and household goods. Wool textiles structure living spaces and seasonal comfort. A closer look at some of the most common forms can be found in: Everyday Objects That Define Tunisia How Daily Life Shapes Design Understanding Tunisian objects requires understanding the routines they support. Meals are often shared rather than individually plated. Courtyards extend domestic space. Hospitality encourages flexible serving arrangements. Seasonal agricultural work shapes storage and food preparation. These habits influence the form and proportion of many everyday objects. How Everyday Life Shapes Tunisian Objects Craft Traditions and Material Knowledge Craft traditions in Tunisia developed through long familiarity with local materials. Potters worked with regional clay deposits. Woodworkers shaped olive wood into tools and utensils. Weavers produced textiles from wool and plant fibres. Basket makers used palm fibres and reeds. These techniques persisted because they remained integrated into daily life rather than isolated as heritage practices. Why Tunisia Produces Strong Craft Traditions Why Tunisia Matters Today In many parts of the world, objects are now produced far from the environments in which they are used. Tunisia offers a different example: forms that evolved directly from the conditions of daily life. Materials respond to climate. Objects respond to routines. Designs remain grounded in practical use. Understanding this system helps explain why many Tunisian objects appear simple, durable, and well balanced. Why Tunisia Matters Now My Chakchouka and the Documentation of Tunisian Objects My Chakchouka documents and circulates knowledge about Tunisian objects and the systems that produced them. The platform traces objects through their materials, regions, and uses, helping make visible the relationships between artisans, households, and landscapes. By connecting readers and buyers with this context, My Chakchouka aims to preserve both the objects themselves and the knowledge embedded in their forms.

Learn how My Chakchouka approaches fairness through relationship design, contributor representation, attribution, responsibility, and institutional structure. Fair System Why Relationships Need Structure How Relationships Are Approached How The System Is Applied Where The System Evolves Why Relationships Need Structure Relationships do not operate in isolation. Whenever people, knowledge, products, places, and practices are brought together within a shared institution, questions inevitably emerge about representation, responsibility, attribution, visibility, and decision-making. Good intentions alone do not resolve these questions. Different responsibilities may point in different directions. Contributors may have different expectations. Knowledge may require context. Representation may involve difficult choices about scope, accuracy, and visibility. As institutions grow, these questions become more frequent rather than less. For this reason, relationships require structure. Structure does not exist to remove judgment or eliminate complexity. It exists to provide a framework through which decisions can be approached consistently and responsibilities can be understood more clearly. Within My Chakchouka, the Fair System exists because fairness cannot be assumed to emerge automatically from participation, visibility, or goodwill. Fairness is not treated as an outcome that can be guaranteed. It is treated as an ongoing practice of designing relationships thoughtfully and reviewing them continuously as the institution evolves. The purpose of structure is therefore not control. It is clarity. A shared framework that helps relationships remain understandable, accountable, and capable of evolving over time. How Relationships Are Approached Relationships within My Chakchouka are approached as connections rather than transactions. Contributors, knowledge, products, places, and practices each enter the institution from different realities. They carry different histories, responsibilities, expectations, and forms of value. The purpose of the Fair System is not to reduce these differences, but to create a framework through which they can be approached responsibly and fairly. This begins with recognition. Contributors are approached as people rather than resources. Knowledge is approached as something that requires context rather than extraction. Products are approached as expressions of broader relationships rather than isolated objects. Places and practices are approached as realities that exist beyond the institution itself. It also requires balance. Visibility must be balanced with accuracy. Representation must be balanced with context. Growth must be balanced with responsibility. Fairness often emerges through the careful balancing of competing responsibilities rather than the pursuit of a single objective. Relationships are therefore approached as ongoing rather than fixed. As contributors evolve, as knowledge expands, and as the institution changes, relationships must be revisited, reviewed, and sometimes restructured. Fairness depends not on preserving a static arrangement, but on maintaining the capacity to adapt responsibly over time. For this reason, the Fair System is not understood as a set of permanent rules. It is understood as an evolving framework for approaching relationships with clarity, responsibility, fairness, and attention to the realities from which they emerge. How The System Is Applied The Fair System is applied through the decisions that shape relationships within the institution. One area of application is contributor representation. Decisions about how contributors are documented, how their work is presented, and how their contributions are connected to products and knowledge are approached through the broader responsibilities outlined within the Governance pillar. Another area is attribution. Knowledge, experience, work, and contribution are not treated as detached resources. Whenever appropriate, the institution seeks to maintain visible connections between a contribution and the people, places, practices, or realities from which it emerges. The system is also applied through questions of scope and visibility. Not every subject can be documented equally. Not every contributor can be represented immediately. Decisions about priority, inclusion, and focus require judgment. The Fair System helps provide a framework through which these decisions can be approached consistently rather than arbitrarily. Relationships between different parts of the institution are another area of application. Products, contributors, knowledge, places, and practices are approached as connected realities rather than independent categories. The system encourages decisions that strengthen those connections rather than separating them unnecessarily. Application does not guarantee perfect outcomes. Reasonable people may disagree about representation, visibility, priority, or interpretation. The purpose of the Fair System is not to eliminate disagreement. It is to provide a framework through which decisions can be explained, reviewed, and improved over time. In this sense, the Fair System functions less as a mechanism for enforcing fairness and more as a structure for approaching relationships responsibly. Where The System Evolves The Fair System is not treated as a finished framework. Relationships change. Contributors evolve. Knowledge expands. New forms of participation emerge. As the institution grows, new questions appear that could not have been anticipated when earlier decisions were made. For this reason, fairness cannot be reduced to a fixed set of rules. A system that remains unchanged regardless of circumstance may achieve consistency, but consistency alone does not guarantee responsible outcomes. New realities often require existing assumptions, priorities, and structures to be revisited. Evolution therefore forms part of the Fair System itself. The goal is not to preserve every decision indefinitely. The goal is to maintain a framework capable of learning, adapting, and improving while remaining connected to the responsibilities that justified it in the first place. This does not mean that every change is an improvement. Revision requires judgment just as much as stability does. Some structures deserve to be maintained. Others may need to evolve. The responsibility of the system is not to prefer change or permanence, but to remain responsive to the realities it exists to serve. For this reason, fairness is not understood as a destination that can be reached once and permanently secured. It is an ongoing practice of reviewing relationships, questioning assumptions, and refining structures as the institution continues to evolve. The Fair System remains open not because it is incomplete, but because the relationships it supports are never static. Description of Mechanics Dignity at scale is not a belief. It is a structural outcome. Fair System describes how value, price, money, risk, margin, dependency, exit, and labor are handled as this system grows. VALUE ENTRY When value enters the system. PAYMENT TIMING When money moves. MARGIN CONTAINMENT How spread is bounded. EXIT INTEGRITY How relationships end. PRICE FORMATION Where price authority is located. RISK ABSORPTION Where failure lands. DEPENDENCY AVOIDANCE How reversibility is preserved. LABOR CONTINUITY How capacity persists over time. "Injustice brings about the ruin of civilization." – Ibn Khaldun

How earth enters making systems in Tunisia, including clay sources, preparation, and constraints shaping production. Earth Earth responds once it has been formed. What Belongs Here Earth includes: Clay Limestone Lime (transformed limestone) Mineral earth pigments Earth is considered here only where matter must be transformed to become useful. Geographic Reality Earth materials in Tunisia are unevenly distributed. Climate determines use. Clay concentrates in northern and northwestern regions shaped by rainfall, riverbeds, and marly soils. Limestone underlies much of the country, forming the structural base of settlements across regions. Arid zones limit unprotected earthen construction but favor thick walls, lime coatings, and compact forms. Extraction is local, seasonal, and bounded by terrain and weather. Extraction Conditions Clay is gathered from wadis and exposed seams after water recedes. Limestone is quarried along bedding planes by cutting and splitting. Lime is produced by burning limestone at high heat, then slaking it with water. Pigment earths are collected in small quantities and ground by hand. How Earth Behaves Clay Plastic when wet, fragile when dry, permanent only after firing Shrinks as water leaves; cracks if rushed Porous when fired at low temperature Vulnerable to thermal shock Drying too fast, uneven thickness, or abrupt heat changes result in cracking or loss. Limestone Strong under compression, weak under tension Porous to varying degrees Absorbs salts in coastal conditions Slowly erodes under wind, water, and time It lasts centuries when loaded correctly. It fails when pulled, bent, or sealed improperly. Lime Begins soft, hardens slowly Sets by reacting with air Remains flexible compared to cement Sacrificial by design Lime accepts movement. It cracks before stone does – and is replaced. Mineral earth pigments Chemically stable Resistant to light and heat Permanently bonded when fired or carbonated Color persists because it is mineral, not applied. Making Implications Earth dictates form. Clay objects grow in stages to manage shrinkage. Large vessels require temper and time. Stone structures favor arches, domes, and thick walls. Lime construction advances slowly, course by course. Earth favors curves over angles and thickness over thinness. Quality Recognition Clay is judged by feel, cohesion, and drying response Stone is judged by sound, density, and uniform grain Lime is judged by its reaction when slaked and its plasticity when spread Pigments are judged by color strength and grind fineness Objects Earth Becomes Earth forms: water jars that cool through porosity cooking vessels that regulate heat walls that absorb and release temperature plasters that protect and breathe pigments that do not fade Function determines form. Longevity & Limits Abandonment is the primary cause of loss. Earth assumes upkeep, attention, and continuity. Under these conditions, it remains viable across centuries. Position Earth can become material. In Tunisia, it persists because it works.

Browse curated collections of Tunisian-made objects, organized by season, ritual, composition, and availability. Collections Seasonal Collections Curated Sets Rituals Collection Limited Editions Explore by intention Objects that change as the year does. For the gestures you repeat every day. Put together so you don’t have to. Made in limited runs, then gone. Prefer to browse in another way? Shop by Category Made in Tunisia All Products

Learn how My Chakchouka represents artisans, producers, and contributors through context, relationships, documentation, and institutional stewardship. Artisan System Why Representation Matters Who Can Be Represented How Representation Works Limits And Evolution Why Representation Matters Institutions are often understood through what they make visible. What receives attention becomes easier to understand. What remains invisible becomes easier to overlook. For this reason, representation is not treated as a secondary activity within My Chakchouka. It is treated as a governance responsibility. Products do not emerge in isolation. Knowledge does not emerge in isolation. Practices do not emerge in isolation. Behind them are people, experiences, skills, decisions, histories, and relationships that contribute to their existence. When contributors remain invisible, understanding becomes incomplete. A product may be visible while the people behind it remain unknown. Knowledge may be documented while the experiences that shaped it remain absent. Practices may be described while the individuals who carry them remain disconnected from the story being told. Representation helps address this gap. It creates a framework through which contributors can remain connected to their work, knowledge, and participation within the institution. Rather than treating contributors as background sources, representation acknowledges them as participants within the ecosystem itself. Representation also influences how understanding is formed. The way a contributor is documented, the context that accompanies their work, and the relationships that remain visible all shape how visitors encounter the institution and the realities it seeks to represent. For this reason, representation is not approached as promotion. It is approached as responsibility. The purpose of the Artisan System is not simply to make contributors visible. It is to help ensure that visibility remains connected to context, relationships, and understanding. Who Can Be Represented The Artisan System exists to represent contributors whose work, knowledge, experience, or participation forms part of the institution's ecosystem. Despite its name, the system is not limited to artisans alone. Artisans remain an important part of the institution because many products, practices, and forms of knowledge emerge through their work. However, the realities represented within My Chakchouka often extend beyond a single category of contributor. Producers may be represented because they cultivate, harvest, prepare, or create products connected to the institution. Knowledge contributors may be represented because their experience, expertise, or participation helps shape understanding. Other contributors may be represented because they play a meaningful role in the relationships, practices, places, or activities that the institution seeks to document. Representation is therefore determined less by category than by relevance. The question is not whether a contributor fits a predefined label. The question is whether their participation helps visitors better understand the realities, relationships, and forms of knowledge that the institution seeks to make visible. Not every contributor will be represented immediately. Not every contribution requires the same level of documentation. Representation depends on available information, context, institutional priorities, and the capacity to represent a contributor responsibly. For this reason, the Artisan System is not understood as a directory of individuals. It is understood as a framework through which meaningful contributors can be connected to the products, knowledge, places, practices, and relationships that form the institution. How Representation Works Representation within the Artisan System begins with connection. Contributors are not documented as isolated individuals. They are represented through their relationships to products, knowledge, places, practices, and other contributors that form part of the institution. This representation may take different forms depending on context. A contributor may be connected to a product they help create. A producer may be connected to a harvest, landscape, or practice. A knowledge contributor may be connected to the information, experience, or understanding they help make visible. The purpose of representation is not simply identification. It is context. Representation seeks to help visitors understand not only who a contributor is, but also how their participation relates to the broader realities documented within the institution. For this reason, representation is approached as an ongoing process rather than a fixed profile. As new information becomes available, as relationships evolve, and as understanding deepens, representations may be expanded, refined, or reorganized to provide a more complete picture of the contributor and their role within the ecosystem. Representation also depends on stewardship and transparency. Information should be documented responsibly. Context should remain connected to visibility. Contributors should be represented in ways that support understanding rather than reducing complex realities to simplified descriptions. In this way, the Artisan System functions less as a collection of contributor profiles and more as a framework for maintaining visible connections between contributors and the realities in which they participate. Limits And Evolution Representation is never complete. No profile, article, product page, or institutional record can fully capture the complexity of a person, a practice, a place, or a contribution. Every act of representation involves choices about visibility, context, scope, and emphasis. For this reason, representation should not be confused with reality itself. A contributor is always more than the information documented about them. A practice is always more than its description. A relationship is always more than what can be made visible through documentation. The Artisan System therefore operates within limits. Information may be incomplete. Context may continue to emerge. Relationships may evolve over time. New knowledge may reveal aspects of a contributor's work or participation that were not previously visible. Representation also involves practical limits. Not every contributor can be documented immediately. Not every relationship can be explored in equal depth. Decisions about priority, scope, and available resources influence how representation develops within the institution. For this reason, the Artisan System is not treated as a finished archive. It is treated as an evolving framework that grows alongside the contributors, knowledge, products, practices, and relationships it seeks to represent. Evolution does not mean constant expansion. Sometimes a representation becomes more complete through additional information. Sometimes it becomes more accurate through revision. Sometimes it improves because limitations are acknowledged more clearly than before. The purpose of the Artisan System is therefore not to create definitive representations. It is to support a more connected and contextual understanding of the people and realities that form part of the institution. Representation remains open not because it has failed to reach completion, but because the realities it seeks to represent continue to change.

How payment timing is structured within the fair system in Tunisia and how timing affects risk and dependency. PAYMENT TIMING When money moves. Payment timing is not an administrative detail. It is a risk-allocation mechanism. Payment Timing defines when money leaves control, and who finances time inside the system. This constraint exists to prevent liquidity risk from being quietly transferred upstream after value has already been delivered. The Distortion In most supply chains, work happens first. Payment happens later. Net-30, Net-60, Net-90 are treated as neutral conventions, but they function as unsecured credit provided by producers to buyers. Time becomes leverage. How Distortion Appears Payment Timing distortion occurs when: goods or services are delivered before payment payment delay is normalized as “standard terms” suppliers finance materials, labor, and inventory buyers retain liquidity without cost delay is framed as cash-flow management rather than credit extraction Under delay, producers act as lenders – without interest, collateral, or consent. Structural Consequence When payment moves late: working capital shifts upstream financing costs concentrate at production bargaining power collapses under liquidity pressure delayed payment becomes a disciplinary tool failure risk increases with every additional day Time, not price, becomes the extraction vector. Structural Position In the My Chakchouka system, payment is anchored to value entry, not to downstream sale. Money moves: before or during production at defined milestones independently of retail outcome without reliance on future demand realization Payment does not wait for narrative success. Constraint Logic The Payment Timing constraint enforces four rules: No unpaid value delivery Work does not proceed without secured payment commitment. No open-ended delay Payment windows are bounded, explicit, and non-extendable. No consignment as default Inventory is not used as free financing. No liquidity asymmetry One party’s cash-flow optimization cannot depend on another’s exposure. What This Prevents Without this constraint, systems tend to: normalize supplier financing hide interest costs inside margins increase insolvency risk upstream reward size over discipline convert time into silent extraction Delayed payment rarely announces itself as abuse. It presents as normality. What This Enables When payment timing is fixed: production capacity stabilizes pricing remains credible risk absorption becomes explicit dependency pressure decreases labor continuity becomes possible Money regains its role as circulation, not control. Position This is not generosity. This is sequence. A system that moves money after value will always collapse toward dependency. RISK ABSORPTION Where failure lands. Next Constraint

Information on accessibility features and ongoing efforts to improve access to the My Chakchouka website. ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT Effective date: 5 Feb 2026 Last updated: 5 Feb 2026 My Chakchouka is committed to making its website accessible to as many people as possible, regardless of ability or technology. We aim to provide a clear, usable, and respectful experience for all visitors. Accessibility is an ongoing process. We design, build, and review our site with this responsibility in mind. Our approach to accessibility This website is built using Wix Studio, which provides accessibility-supporting features and tools. We use these tools alongside manual review and content practices to improve accessibility. Where reasonably possible, we aim to align with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA. Measures we have implemented We have taken the following steps to support accessibility: Structure & navigation Pages are structured using semantic headings (one H1 per page, followed by logical H2/H3 levels). A “Skip to main content” link is available for keyboard users. Content follows a logical reading and focus order. Keyboard & focus Interactive elements are accessible by keyboard. Visible focus indicators are enabled to help users understand where they are on the page. Navigation has been tested using keyboard-only interaction. Text & visual design Text is written in clear, plain language. Color combinations are selected to meet minimum contrast requirements. Layouts avoid conveying essential information through color alone. Images & media Informative images include descriptive alternative text. Decorative images are marked appropriately. Video or audio content includes captions or transcripts where applicable. Forms We use Wix’s accessible form components with visible labels. Error messages are designed to be clear and informative. Forms are usable with assistive technologies where supported by the platform. Mobile accessibility Mobile layouts are reviewed to ensure readable text, sufficient spacing, and usable touch targets. Content is designed to adapt across screen sizes and orientations. Known limitations While we actively work to improve accessibility, some limitations may exist: Certain third-party applications or embedded tools may not fully meet accessibility standards. Some advanced custom interactions may have limited support for assistive technologies. Platform-level constraints may limit the ability to modify underlying HTML or ARIA attributes for some components. We continuously review and address issues where feasible. Feedback and contact If you experience difficulty accessing any part of this site or have suggestions for improvement, we want to hear from you. Contact: hello@mychakchouka.com Please include: the page URL, a description of the issue, the assistive technology used (if any). We aim to respond within a reasonable timeframe and will make good-faith efforts to address reported issues. Ongoing review Accessibility is reviewed: when new content or features are added, after significant design changes, and periodically as part of site maintenance. This statement will be updated to reflect meaningful improvements or changes. Nothing in this statement limits rights you may have under applicable accessibility or consumer-protection laws. Our goal is practical inclusion, not symbolic compliance.