Hi, I’m a 24 year old human named Marcia Gaudêncio, a graphic designer freelancer, Illustrator and Crafter from Portugal. I have studied Graphic Arts in a Technical School for three years and worked as a freelancer for another three in Lisbon. Currently, I’m taking a degree on Design and Multimedia at University of Coimbra, Portugal.
I’m mainly self-taught in all fields and I try to constantly learn and gather inspiration to maintain a good balance in the industry.
Feel free to visit my portfolio at www.marciagaudencio.com
Why kriture?
I needed a theme to make myself learn other kinds of art, softwares, online marketing and languages. I consider it a nice hobby that teaches me how to work.
What about the formal concept?
Besides the whole funny story (about Kriture section), there is an deeper meaning, being procrestination.
Throwing up an idea inside a box and forget about it is throwing away an idea with potential energy to go on its own if you give it a little time. So stopping yourself from procrastination and avoiding the sentence ”I don’t have time” is the key that actually might make you earn time instead of losing it. For example, Kriture is the product of a stored idea becoming alive.
Having a kriture is like having an amulet that reminds you and gives you strength to stop delaying your ideas and tasks in a non-pejorative way, by making you smile. (see process)
What’s the thinking process?
I always get an adjective then it’s antithesis and try to communicate both visually. Because they are opposites the items will on most cases confuse your feelings, which can make you laugh. Laugh is a good therapy considering that in this case is reminding you not to run away from work 
I also try to make a good use of color for this.
Who makes all of this?
I’m responsible for everything little thing about it, but I do have people that help me getting Kriture to craft shows.
Did you learn all on your own?
No, youtube and google helped me alot, Tesselate encouraged me to experiment resin and then a friend of a sculptor friend gave me a place to experiment in the first month. Then I’ve started mixing materials, paints and techniques. If you search it on the blog you can actually follow my back then experiments under the tag “process”
Who inspired you?
Stop motion artists, science, design, urban movements, surrealism, disney and pixar artists.
