Love This! Hard Core, Heavy Metal Embroidery

Have you ever seen anything as crazy cool as embroidering flowers onto metal objects? I hadn't. Until I stumbled across the art of Lithuanian artist, Severija Inčirauskaitė-Kriaunevičienėuch, who is doing something so totally unique and hippie (even if she doesn't mean it in a hippie way), that I was blown away. She cross-stitches onto cars, shovels, frying pans, old buckets, and much, much more, but my favorite part of her work is what she says about it--which I can definitely relate to on both an artistic and personal level:

My work is inspired by everyday surroundings, everyday life. Objects from everyday life in my installations become extraordinary. Utilitarian objects lose their function and become art objects, which tell us different stories about our lives. Personally, I don’t like extraordinary situations - I like everyday life. People often think that a situation like a wedding or exotic travels, etc. are the most important in their lives. I think the opposite, I think that everyday life is more important because it unites all our lives.

Beautifully said, isn't it? So lets look at her art: 

I love it. So creative. And now I want my car embroidered! Maybe with an OM symbol? 

I'm sure Ben would love that ;)

You can view more work by Inčirauskaitė-Kriaunevičienė's on her website, here. 

Namaste!
Mary Catherine