In a sea of embroidery artists who stick to the basics, drawing inspiration from nature and flowers, one couple from Brazil decided to do something completely different. They started their own brand Rebordação, specializing in hilarious and unapologetic embroidery art.
Rebordação is the brainchild of Karla and Fabricio, a Brazilian couple currently residing in Lisbon, Portugal. The name of their brand is a fun play on words, and it’s a mix between recordação (remembrance) and bordado (embroidery).
Since starting their Instagram page, the creative duo attracted almost 30,000 followers, and it’s not difficult to see why. Their art doesn’t play by the rules and presents this old-fashioned art form in a modern, funny, and no-filter way, which is a rarity in the embroidery world.
“Our idea for the Instagram account came when we observed other embroidery pages. We decided to start an Instagram account after seeing so many embroidery accounts with no humor, just flowers and what one would call ‘grandmother’ stuff,” the duo told Bored Panda.
Karla and Fabricio usually find inspiration in the daily life dramas that they’re living through, but they’re also heavily influenced by some Brazilian cartoonists. It takes them between three to six hours to finish each work, and the final result is always amazing, offering biting social commentary.
