About Mishka Tribal Impulse
Michael Sklovsky foundered Ishka in 1971 and Mishka in 2018. The wonderful Mishka Market, opened at 50 Whitehorse Rd Balwyn Vic 3103.
We are direct importers and designers of handmade unique goods from about 50 countries. Much of our design has a strong connection to nature. Creative individuals exist everywhere and their diverse cultures adorn their work
Our business is multi-cultural and interested in the ideas and creativity of people different from ourselves. We appreciate foreign Our common humanity is more important than our cultural differences. The work of first nations people forms a major part of what we do.
All nomadic people need high levels of resilience, fitness, creativity and environmental knowledge just to survive. All produce spectacular art. Their representations of the natural and spiritual world give valuable human insights.
Art and craft history strongly influence all artists. For example, abstract art owes much to what was called primitive art. Picasso and Matisse both acknowledged that their move to abstraction started after their exposure to African tribal art.
With our urban lifestyles it’s perhaps inevitable that we direct our feelings towards lifestyles more connected to the natural world. There is more to life than the drive to corporate efficiencies.
We sell human ideas expressed through handmade product - not just stuff.
By purchasing world craft you are supporting creative people and acting on global poverty.
We thank you for this.