About Armand DELA

MAISON ARMAND DELA Edition of Haptic Pacts & Prints Armand DELA was born of a lack. That of a Cameroonian childhood without a father, without a mother, without a safety net. That of an adolescence carried through by the strength of a body that bore everything — fear, shame, loneliness, and despite everything, the stubbornness to remain standing. My name is Thérèse. I arrived in France nine years ago. I built here what no one built for me. Armand DELA is the home I never had — a place where the heaviest truths finally find a material worthy of them. Each engraving in this collection is a fragment of what I lived through, made universal. The sacrifice of an absent mother. Sovereignty torn away through repeated cuts. The vow one keeps despite the falling stones. The blood tie one discovers with people one has never known. I engrave what people do not dare to say. On paper thick enough for it to endure over time. 500g cotton paper. 3D selective varnish. Latin mottos. Numbered limited edition. Made in France. Thérèse MBAM FounderRead their story