MUSIBATTY
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Please email me if you need help processing your payment: musibatty [!at] musibatty.com
Full Metal Beauty, handmade by Jennifer Musi in Mexico City.
All items ship for free and arrive within 1-7 days by DHL Express.
Visit my blog to read stories that inspire my work: www.musibatty.com (pronounced: moo-see bah-tee).
Announcement
Please email me if you need help processing your payment: musibatty [!at] musibatty.com
Full Metal Beauty, handmade by Jennifer Musi in Mexico City.
All items ship for free and arrive within 1-7 days by DHL Express.
Visit my blog to read stories that inspire my work: www.musibatty.com (pronounced: moo-see bah-tee).
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Reviews
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Sharon on Nov 13, 2020
5 out of 5 starsJennifer's pieces are ALWAYS exquisite! I have purchased several from her and LOVE them all. In the photo, I am wearing two (middle & bottom pendant) of her luscious creations.
Jennifer is a master crafts artist and a lovely person.
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BeginninginSTL on Sep 3, 2020
5 out of 5 starsJennifer makes jewelry with a soul.Each one of her pieces carries an invisible inspirational energy and a story within itself. It could be that my mind suddenly gets creative when in touch with her radiating with harmonious beauty creations.... It could be, but one way or another, the joy of wearing them does not diminish with time. And to that, I will say...... THANK YOU!
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Kristen on Aug 10, 2020
5 out of 5 starsAmazing, beautiful and sunny Amber Pendant!! It makes me instantly happy!!
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howlingruth on Jun 6, 2020
5 out of 5 starsAnother amazing piece, and lighting fast shipping. On my finger, where it will stay! Jennifer, thank you so much for sharing your stunning pieces and what influenced you in the making of the work through your thoughtful and beautiful writings. So happy! Thank you!
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About MUSIBATTY
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Welcome! I am Jennifer Musi and I am a visual artist.
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I live and work in an apartment built for the 1968 Olympics in the south of Mexico City.
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For my jewelry, I use sterling silver sheet and wire recycled from photographic processes.
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I construct each piece of jewelry using simple tools and traditional forging and soldering techniques.
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I only make one of a kind pieces because I like to explore new ideas every day.
My Story
I was born in the mountains outside Mexico City where I grew up among black lava sand dunes in a house with thick adobe walls built by my father. I had a creative childhood. My mother, a textile artist, filled our home with art supplies, and from her I learnt to draw, paint, batik, dye, sew, punch rugs and make jewelry.
As a child, I roamed the countryside looking for pre-Hispanic chards and figurines. Finding a link to the past filled me with wonder, and through my discovery of ceramic fragments I connected with ancient craftspeople. Although never complete, the chards felt strangely whole and self-sufficient, like symbols or visual stand-ins for the people who had made them. Since then, I have longed to find a visual vocabulary of my own that could communicate at a primal level with that part of us that remains constant, regardless of time.
At the start, clay was my preferred medium. I built large, hollow, coil-formed pieces that were unconscious simplifications of objects I encountered in daily life: vessels, buildings, trees and tools. As a silversmith, I continued to explore the same visual language I developed in ceramics, with the added challenge of making wearable pieces. When I draw or paint, my exploration is more graphic.
I continuously revisit self-contained forms in my work. My art speaks of solidity and weight, of rock and mineral associations. Each piece is still and frontal. As I work, I look for balance between positive and negative space so that both coexist. I strive to be as present as I can to each step of the creative process, letting the piece become what it needs to be, understanding the work is not a production, but rather an exploration.
Shop members
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MUSIBATTY
Owner
I am Jennifer Musi, the visual artist behind MUSIBATTY. I believe life is enriched by the unique expression of each one of us. I explore my perspective in everything I create, so that it is powerful and infused with life.
Shop policies
My name is Jennifer, and I am the artist behind MUSIBATTY (pronounced moo-see bah-tee).
I inherited a unique visual and creative language from my parents, which is why I named my creative self in their honor, joining their last names: Musi and Batty. My mother –Julia Batty– is a British-American textile artist. My father –Jorge Musi– was a Mexican-Lebanese architect. MUSIBATTY is a tribute to the rich cultural heritage of my ancestors.
I hand-build all of my jewelry in my studio in Mexico City. I use sterling silver recycled from photographic processes.
Thank you for reviewing my shop policies.
Accepted payment methods
Returns and exchanges
I gladly accept returns
I don't accept exchanges or cancellations
Returns and exchange details
Payment
Items are shipped within 2-5 business days of payment.
Shipping
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Your order will be shipped to the address you provided ETSY. Please be sure to give me the correct address! I am not responsible for lost packages due to incorrectly supplied addresses.
Once your package has been mailed, you will receive a confirmation message with an estimated delivery date and your personal tracking number.
If an item is lost in the mail when I send it to you, I will give you a full refund.
I am not responsible for items that were not collected and returned to my address in Mexico City (they can be held at the border).
*International buyers (outside the US and Canada) are responsible for duties, fees and taxes charged by their country. In the 1,000+ orders that I have mailed, none have incurred in any additional fees, but I mention this in case it happens.
Additional policies and FAQs
Since I sell all of my work on a first come, first serve basis, I am unable to put pieces on hold or offer a layaway plan.
The purchase of my art does not transfer reproduction rights of my work.
All of my work is © MUSIBATTY 2009-2020.