These gorgeous photographs are the amazing art of our friend Anna White who came into our home a few weeks ago to take pictures of us (Mushpa y Mensa)and our cat Jefe. She is working on a photo collection of couples and individuals in their NYC homes. Anna wanted us to convey an American Gothic style, hence our stoic demeanor.
It was mad fun and the pictures turned out fabulous!
Enjoy.
-Mushpa
We would love to share with you this fantabulous Mushpa y Mensa Earth Day extravaganza!!! It is happening this very weekend!!! What? Yes!
La Mushpa y La Mensa will be selling wares in the flesh at The Market NYC (159 Bleecker Street) all weekend long (Friday – April 19th 12pm-9pm, Sat – April 20th 11am-9pm, and Sun – April 21st 12pm-8pm).
Please, if you live in the city or are visiting, make sure to stop by and show us some love. We are unveiling our much awaited 100% organic cotton shirt designs (“Put a Bird on It” designed by Mushpa and “Mama Earth” by Mensa). These shirts are printed using water-based eco-friendly inks (301 ECO-Series by Matsui), free of PVC, phthalate, heavy metals, azo compounds, nonylphenol and formaldehyde. We clean up after ourselves using mostly water. When necessary, we may use a citrus and soy based eco-cleaner from Chemical Consultants Incorporated. We also do everything by hand from the design, to printing transparencies, exposing the screens and lastly, printing them on the shirts.
It’s exhausting, but we are making art!
-La Mushpa
p.s. – We also have an official web url, www.mushpamensa.com. So official, check it out!
Original and one of a kind terra-cotta necklace.
Each bead is hand rolled, hand made, and polished using the simplest of tools
(hands, a needle and a spoon!)
If you are looking for original one of a kind jewelry that no one else will have, and you want to support our small business, and want to support two crafty ladies then this is the piece for you!
The main bead is imbedded with a white nacre sea shell. Beautifully strong, resilient and iridescent.
You can find it, ponder it, and maybe even purchase it at our Etsy store!
-Mensa
Check it out.
New on Etsy!
Home-made corn starch based polymer clay.
Hand-made beads with turquoise accents.
Orange color made with 100% natural and organic dyes (turmeric based).
Designed and Made with Love by Mushpa y Mensa.
❤❤❤
-Mensa
This is an idea I came up with last night after making a couple of pieces, which by the way will soon bee buzzin’ at our Etsy store!!!)…
These little corks have been sitting in this little chinese take out food box for months, and nothing has really inspired me to use them. Yes there are a couple of cute ideas out there, but nothing really moved me, sabes?
Until I went into an o.d. organizing frenzy of the jewelry-making boxes…
Got some messy string?
Wrap them around some champagne corks! (We got some at a wine shop. They collect them sometimes, and we asked if we could take some and they said sure!)
Make sure to make a slit on the side and on the top so you can catch the string and it doesn’t become lose. I used an x-acto knife.
And now they are organized, they look nice, AND I found something to do with these corks! Fiu!
Nice!
Shall we celebrate and open a nice bottle of wine now?
-Mensa
You might say…. Outrageous! Sexist! Oh how far we’ve come along!…..
For war! Or just around the house…
Apparently smoke made us follow you anywhere.
But did you flip through this decade’s magazines? Or even last month’s magazine?…..
Progress? Not so much…
What thing did you need to remember? Or maybe just a picture to remind you…
Or just simple and blunt in your face?
The pictures speak for themselves.
This is only a reminder, because we should already notice.
Because it still exists.
This is a reminder, to remember that 1950 was just yesterday, and that we are still drinking the kool-aid today…
That’s it.