Lithuanian artist, Severija Inčirauskaitė-Kriaunevičienė applies floral and decorative patterns, usually found in embroidery magazines to metallic objects like spoons, lamps and even car doors!

This juxtaposition of functional objects emblazoned with traditional textile work is truly original and certainly unexpected.

Her more humorous pieces depict cigarette butts embroidered at the base of a tin can, or the skewed reflection of a person’s mouth on the edge of a spoon.

After Party, 2013. Tin can, cotton. Cross-stitch, drilling. Photo courtesy Modestas Ežerskis.

Employing irony, Severija conceptually neutralizes the harmfulness of kitsch’s sweetness and sentimentality. Irony emerges in the process of drawing inspiration from the postwar Lithuanian village, with which artists have lost connection today, or from the destitute Soviet domestic environment, which women were trying to embellish with handicrafts, no matter what kind of absurd forms it would take. The intimacy of indoors freed from all tensions is the essence of coziness, that is crystallized in Severija’s works as cross stitch embroidery on various household utensils not intended for it.

– Written by Dr. Jurgita Ludavičienė on Severija work

To see more of her work go to her website