A Real Aviary Of Birds And Pollinators From The Paper Ark Are Small Enough To Perch On Your Fingertip – Colossal
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Peacock. All images © Nayan Shrimali and Venus Bird, shared with permission
Nayan Shrimali and Venus Bird, by The paper ark, address conservation and small-scale environmental activism. Artists (formerly) create miniature representations of flora and fauna that harness the textured and buildable potential of paper to showcase the beauty and uniqueness of threatened and endangered species.
After cutting and layering tiny bits of material, Shrimali and Bird add details with watercolor, both on the streaked quills of a crested porcupine and the regal crown of the peacock. While largely true to life in anatomy and color, most of the portraits are small enough to fit on a fingertip.
Shrimali shares that The Paper Ark has started making hand-cranked wildlife automatons, which you find alongside a vast archive of creatures at Instagram. Buy prints and originals available at Etsy.
Albino Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Crested porcupine
Endangered pollinators
Madagascar sphinx moth
The Glory of the Beetle
Cape Sugarbird
Great herons
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