James Ahiave is an artist from Nungua whose work is all over town. He sculpts free forms from sand and cement such as the alligators below, and he decorates columns and sculpts panel reliefs on local architecture. Today he came to Aba House to demonstrate his techniques for mixing clay sand with cement to use as a sculpting medium. As it slowly dries, it is not much different than carving clay. Thanks, James, for being such a great teacher and friend while I was in Ghana.
