That’s right catch us next Friday (5/10) 12-9, Saturday (5/11) 11-9, and Sunday (5/12) 12-8 living the high life at The Market NYC. You can pick up some of our super fly 100% handmade, organic tee shirts, imaginary friends and of course our amazing jewelry.
See you there.
-Mushpa
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
What only one day left to catch us at The Market NYC (159 Bleecker Street)? You still have time! Mushpa y Mensa will be there from 12pm-8pm tomorrow live and uncut. If you live in the city or are visiting, make sure to stop by and show us some love.
-Mushpa
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– 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!
Need a quick and cheap idea to make your own business cards?
1. Gather some card stock paper, a paintbrush and some water colors and prepare to make a little mess….and now make a mess!!! Splatter some water colors all over the place! Get you Pollock on : )
2. Let it dry and cut into small rectangles. If you have a custom stamp (which we will be having soon) put it on the back, or just hand write your information down.
Easy Peasy!!!
-Mensa
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
So we recently acquired a small mirror that needed some up-dating. And what else to paint on it but pretty flowers!
I forgot to take before pictures, but it was regular medium brown wood.
Here are some pictures of how it turned out!
I used acrylic paint. For the background I mixed a little black, some orange and white paint.
I also used a palette knife to give texture to the flowers and the leafs.
I finalized with a paint marker for small details and highlights….y listo!
New frame for the studio!
Happy Sunday painting until late hours of the night is always fun!!!
-Mensa
We take a million pictures and need a place for all our behind the scenes, living the life, Mushpa y Mensa, and Cara Elaine & Maria Emilia photos. Instagram it is.
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-La Mushpa y La Mensa
So remember how Mushpa is getting a tattoo? Well here is the first session!
We went to Dare Devil Tattoo, where Michelle Myles took the original design and adapted it to make it fit around the already tattooed fairy.
The frame was made smaller, and it fits perfectly in her arm!
Ouch! Two hours of a needle piercing through your skin, all while having a casual conversation about old movies and what not.
And there she is all happy and bandaged up!
After cleaning it up, the close ups look nice! So far the outline is done, and it is so exciting to finally see this actually on skin rather than paper!
It is still a little red, so she has to give it some time to heal up enough to begin the shading…
I cant wait to see it finished! In a couple of weeks she will have the final piece all done!
Sweeeeet!!!
: )
-Mensa