Soft Kritures - When clay meets fur

Second Wave of Soft Kritures will be launched today! I've made a video so you can see better what is a Soft Kriture :)

I will be listing a new one everyday on etsy for 14 days around 6 p.m US time.
Why 14 days? Because of February 14th, Valentine's day. Its a good gift for your valentine.

The soft kritures will featuring:
- Cusom packaging
- Glow in the dark eyes
- A tag
- A hanger
- Some of them have piercings!
- Free fridge Magnet

Each one is one of a kind to preserve their singularity.

Buy them on etsy

Pikki & Kippi the black athletic creatures!

Name: Pikki & Kippi
What I do: Look for high places to play
Task: Train with others for a possible escape
Likes: To play badminton
Body: Lightweight, small, dark skin and fleshy red lips
Ability: Good jumper
Food: Plants

They do everything together and usually Kippi carries Pikki above, he doesn't mind because he knows Kippi would do the same for him, this is called totem behavior.
These two athletic Kritures, since the day they have found racquets, they know that they were meant to play badminton. The problem is that one of them is a lefty and other one is a right hander, so one of them have a huge tendency to lose games. This is a good way to know who's who when both are on the ground.


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Hello there!!!

I've uploaded the new wallpaper. It's called Evolution, for those who like illustration, the making of this wallpaper is in kriture's blog from scratch :)

The poster version is also available, you can see it here is an A2 poster.If you are interested, please contact me.

I've tried to do something that transmits tranquility, serenity, solitude and makes us feel calm. I've been using the wallpaper on the computer and the poster in the wall and I feel like I was successful at the job :)
But try it out for yourself! :D download it here.

musthavecute vote!

Hello! Formit has made into http://musthavecute.com/vote/ Cheez Burguer is the owner of the site, and owner of such webstes like lolcats and failblog.

I believe that if he gets enough votes he is going to get an enormous boost on our group!
So please, go there and vote :))!!!!!!!

Kriture stickers!

Hello there! Today I bring you stickers full of creatures in a awesome package and big size! Some are cute, funny, scary and silly, but mostly, they make people laugh.

Buy them for 5.50$

Emaios, the yellow and red smiley and sensitive monster

Name: Emaios
What I do: Hang around
Task: Smell weather
Likes: His friend dodo
Body: Yellow, tribal
Ability: Hide near flowers
Food: Granivore
www.kritureart.etsy.com

Kriture - Cute and Silly Scared Creatures in a box

Hey! I'm Marcia Gaudêncio, from Portugal. I sculpt creatures and bugs, do digital illustration, graphic design, jewelry, animation, etc :) Kriture is a reason for me to explore art, combining my love for biology, astronomy, design and crafts.
Personally, I like to keep them cute and silly, so you can sketch a smile every time you see one :)

Concept:
A Kriture is an idea that is stored in a box by a girl, in a dark room, life was created out of those ideas. It's like going back 2 billion years ago, but in another place where Fauna and Flora born for the first time in a surreal world.

Blog posts can have a new step towards their evolution written by their leader, illustrations, news and artist features.




My etsy store: www.kritureart.etsy.com
Website: www.kriture.com
Blog: www.kriture.blogspot.com

Thank you so much for including me on etsy monster! :D

Getting ready for the Renegade Craft Fair..

And one more kiln load which has my little porcelain figures/monsters in it. Cant wait to see them. I will post them up when they get cool enough...

Renegade San Francisco!

Before the crowds...

And after...



The San Francisco Renegade Craft Fair was a whole lotta fun! There were almost too many booths as it took about an hour to even sort of peruse half of it and even then I saw people with really cool stuff that I missed. I also met some great crafters from as far away as New York! As in Karen's monsters! Yay!
There were also a whole lotta people there, mostly on Saturday. Word of advice for future fairs: Show up right at opening time, there was barely anyone around until about 1.5 hours after it opened...

PS: that rockin' peacock feather dress is by Wear Yeti, whom I shared a booth with. Go check them out...

Monster Lab - ArtsiBitsi

Would it be interesting to see the process of the creation of a Monster? It might surprise you to learn that it does not involve a dark tower, or stolen body parts nor even a serendipitous thunderstorm.

Here are some photographs of my studio after one of my cut-a-thons.

This is my work table where all the pinning and cutting happens.   It features a most excellent, stainless steel table with an adustable height shelf underneath for my supplies.  It fits a nook between two closets, with set of big windows that look out across the woods. My kitties like to lay on the fleece (back left corner of the shelf) and watch the birds come to the feeder.  The feeder is only a few inches from the window, so both the kitties and I get a good look at the woodpeckers and other birds.

The other important station in my studio is the sewing and pressing table.   This is not ideal space, as it's a little crowded and underlit.  And there is nothing really to look at but the material that I'm working on.   Maybe I need to put a mural on the wall. Or some mirrors.   ... Or maybe I just need to concentrate on making straight seams.  :-)

BTW, that's just an ordinary Brother i6000 sewing machine.  It has about 60 different stitches, but I hardly ever use more than three of them.

So here I am basically designing eight monster backpacks at once -- an heroic feat which has not ever been attempted before.  By me.  

Aren't these fun colors?

Every monster needs a colorful fleece skin, and a coordinating lining.  Most of these will have some sort of funkadelic cotton lining. At this point, I am already starting to think of names and personalities to give to each bag.

In addition to the skin and the lining, I also need to cut the feet and arms and straps.   There is about ten feet of strap for each bag.  Here are all the straps, cut to length, but not finished.  When I set down to sew them, it will be a few hours of ironing and sewing.  And a lot of thread.  A lot.  I'll probably have to replace the bobbin on my sewing machine three or four times.

Don't the straps look like guts?  Mwah ha ha ha.

To see some finished monster backpacks, please visit my store at ArtsiBitsi.etsy.com

Wearable Monsters and other Artsy Bits of Happiness

Do you worry about the little things?  If so, you may need a monstrous companion to take care of you, and your little things. 

ArtsiBitsi monsters are available in three sizes: small backpacks (for kids and eccentric adults), mini-pouches (for phones and other minimal essentials), and nano charms (for your keys).  

ArtsiBitsi is pleased to be a new member of the Etsy Monster Team.   Check out my store for handy and happy monsters of all colors, shapes and sizes -- including  lots of pink and red monsters for that special person on your Valentine's Day list.  Because nothing says "You're Fangtastic", like a Monster.

More New Monsters

Hey!

I'm new, and here to share my Monsters.

I've just started my etsy site, I'm currently making twenty more creatures, they'll be up soon :)

but you can see some art here.