Yellow!
I know this hasn't been updated that often, but I've been making quick posts on facebook, so people know what's going on.
I've been fixing the silicone molds because of bad vent engineering. I was learning while testing, so I had made some mistakes.
But I'm very happy, instead of frustrated every time I got a bad cast, because I've checked in some very important points of production.
Because I know the shipping is very expensive, I've been trying to make them even lighter, each one had at least 100gr, wich is a lot for a toy. And It also had a porcelain look that I didn't like that much, and the colors were very pastel for my taste. Kriture is a reflect of my passion for surrealism, but I don't want them to look so dreamy I wanted them more vibrant, like the polymer clay colors.
The resin was too hard to cut to fix imperfections, and I had contact with toxic materials at least 30m for every cast It was dangerous and the smell was in the whole house. There is a person with cancer living with me and a close friend with my age passed out recently due to an heart attack. This made me really think about what I was doing, and trying to find a new way to do it.
I've find an answer to all this points, and the result will be posted soon, since I need to make a whole new photoshoot of the figures to launch them on the website that will be opening soon too.
The weight of each figure has reduced at least 20%, the colors will be more vibrant. I actually can fix imperfections, and now I only spend about 5 minutes in contact with toxic materials per cast.
I've also noticed this new resin must have some "elastic" proprieties because when the figure fall, it does not break, it jumps!
I've already painted some of them and I've been very proud when I look at them ^^
So for now, I will be fixing all the bad moulds and think about a way of making a good packaging for them. At the same time I've been working in the website, so I'm trying my best to make a good use of my "spare" time wich I dont have, but I make it happen somehow. For now please follow Kriture on facebook, since It is way to faster for me to communicate news right now :)
Kriture on Facebook
Testing and upgrades 2
"Loop" Artwork
New artwork! :)
This represents Kriture's world in a stylized way. You can read Hello World, things are fueled by a weird mechanism that keeps this world running. You can find a sky that has always ideas coming down, setting down, fauna, flora, bubbles coming out of the second layer of Kriture's world, that result from the heat of a weird liquid called imagination. You can see that this liquid is flamed by a baby bottle which switch is currently set to ON.
This happens because Kriture's concept is all around ideas coming from a girl, and are stored in a box, where life are created out of those ideas. The day this girl grows up, there will be no one fueling this world, and the baby bottle will be set to OFF.
This is a giclee A3 gloss print, get it from:
Second Wave of Soft Kritures
Second Wave of Soft Kritures will be launched two days ago! 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. Get one before they get away!
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.
Youtube Channel
Hello there!
Kriture has now a youtube account and there will be uploaded stuff like process videos about illustration, craft, resin casting and others.
I will make videos with some regularity since the official website is almost up :)
Here it is! Feel free to subscribe
Kriture on Youtube
Christmas Pack
