Every Terra Naza portrait starts in his hands: clay pulled wet from the ground, shaped, dried, then dressed one bead at a time until the surface becomes glass. The craft is Bamileke, from the grasslands of Cameroon, where beaded sculpture honoured the royal court.
Mustapha started building his family house and had to stop. Every portrait sold moves it one row of bricks closer to done. We post the progress here, photo by photo, as it happens.
The first progress photos arrive with the first sales of Lot I. This page is where they will live.