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Payments taken on secure SSL server. Eni Bankole- Race, Maverick Consult CIC, UK
Textile Design Artist and Consultant
Eni Bankole-Race is a textile artist and designer who has had a lifelong love affair with craft, cloth and colour. Based in Hertfordshire, UK, she is the director of Maverick Designs CIC, a creative community interest company set up to empower and encourage individuals in the community.
Coming from a family of sculptors and potters, her earliest memories include observing her stepmother’s traditional indigo dyers and watching her great-aunts making pottery in the family compound in the village of Isan-Ekiti, renown for its individual pottery.
She has also a great love for the ‘local’ art which abounds in her country of origin – Nigeria.
From sumptuous hand-loom woven silks in jewel-like colours and vintage shibori and adire indigo fabrics, to elegantly dramatic wall hangings made of hand-made glass, Maverick is designed for those with a taste for the unusual.
Eni is also involved in community empowerment and has also set up the Aladire workshop project to share her textile design and art skills with the community. She runs workshops and has extensive experience in both the creative and the more formal world of business.
She is also a member of Neomari’s Women In Trade International network.