Abebe Royale

Peacock feather fans created with a minimum of 150+ peacock feathers. Peacock feather types: peacock eye feathers, peacock swords with eyes, golden plumage feathers, blue plumage feathers, corona feathers, electric blue feathers and java feathers.

Onabanke (aw-nuh-bahn-kay) is the Yoruba name given to me which beckons my spirit to manifest creativity and artistry that helps to both remember and define my destiny.

My creative discovery of the art for making hand fans was and is a self-taught craft guided by Divine inspiration. The experience of learning how to authenticate and bring into fruition what destiny is and has for me has compelled me to share this gift that is still a work in progress towards mastery. While my abebe/fans are functional women's accessories, they are pieces of art. The renaissance contributions by the African in the Diaspora compels us to look back, recall, recycle and reinvent the phenomenal artistry of our ancestors. Beadworking is a craft seen throughout many indigenous cultures. I fashion my beadwork in honor of the Yoruba tribe of Nigeria, but I also have created my own contemporary unique beading aesthetic. Abebe Royale is my artistic contribution to this diasporic renaissance movement that I pray leaves a positive indelible fingerprint. Ashe!