Fragile works of art, it is the most popular craft. They represent the daily scenes, the great figures and the epics of Senegal: from the hero of Kayor, Lat Dior, to the most famous marabouts, without forgetting the traditional dances, the beautiful Senegalese princesses or the figurations of Senegalese women in traditional dress, everything there. past. Few artists have mastered painting under glass, which contributes to pushing up the prices of these pieces often wrongly considered junk or minor art ...

In addition to his fertile imagination, the artist of coasters must show a rare agility. Indeed, it is about painting a glass plate ... upside down. Helped by a mirror placed on a table in front of them, they must constantly play with the different layers of paint without the right to make mistakes otherwise they will have to scrape the previous layers to make up for an imperfection ... glass, although practiced elsewhere, is considered a Senegalese specialty.