User:ChicagoDanielson/Ira Mency

Ira Mency (born January 10, 1973) is nom de' plume to the American born journalist and eco-artist Cindy Fahnestock-Schafer.

Primarily focusing on green living, Ira Mency promotes this lifestyle in many ways, including notable work as Team Leader of the Global Etsy Recyclers Guild Team This is a group of artists and vintage sellers worldwide who have banded together "in the name of green" to promote greener living through their Etsy shops. Ira Mency created and writes the Official Etsy Recyclers Guild Team Blog.

Ira's eco-art is primarily assemblage, altered, or collage work made from discarded, vintage, or recycled goods and has been the subject of many exhibitions worldwide to promote greener living including five pieces on display at the Toying With Art Exhibit at Cameron Art Museum. Ira is also designer of a speciality line of upcycled jewelry. Other notable work includes publication of the children's fantasy novel "The Prism: Book One".

Personal Information

Ira Mency is originally from Baltimore, MD. It has been reported on her Official Site that she resides part time and has ties to small town of Danforth, Maine possibly living on East Grand Lake, though the Danforth Town Office does not confirm any such information.

She is married to Wayne M. Schafer, who resides in Baltimore, MD.