Vera Shimunia is a Russian embroidery artist who has got no match when it comes to making miniature natural landscapes.
Vera’s skills have increased over time, just like her followers on social media. As of now, the talented artist boasts more than 200,000 Instagram followers from across the globe, who all admire her for her imaginative designs.
What makes Vera even more amazing is the fact that she is a self-taught artist and hasn’t learned her skill from anyone. Following the suit of the world’s famous artists, Vera too was inspired by ‘love.’
Speaking to Bored Panda, she said: “I just decided to try. And when I made my first embroidered piece the boy I liked (he has great taste and he is in art community) wrote me: ‘you did this?? So cool’ and I decided to continue.”
But it wasn’t so easy for the embroidery star. She took almost a year and a half to bring her matchless work to the attention of the public.
“I started to publish my embroidery experiments in Instagram and people start to write me, ‘can I buy it?’ And I thought – why not,” Vera said.
Be it a deep purple shawl, a whimsical pink shirt, or a vibrant blue dress, each and every piece designed by the artist sends you to a totally different world.
Owing to the intricate details that Vera puts in her work, creating a piece sometimes takes even an entire month for her.
“I am thinking about future embroidery, I am preparing the necessary materials,” she said. “Sometimes the picture in my head does not coincide with what I made, then I cut off treads and try again.”
Vera’s work is getting closer and closer to perfection every year, as is clearly evident from her social media pages.
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