Applying scissors to paper, wildlife artist Niharika Rajput makes meticulous cuts to produce handfuls of tiny paper feathers for one of her intricate paper bird sculptures. Completing one of these avian creations can take weeks or even months, but the finished products are so lifelike they’ve been mistaken for taxidermy birds.
The 30-year-old artist from New Delhi has always loved nature; as her father was in the military, their family always moved from place to place and often she found herself in the bosom of nature. “I loved collecting fireflies in a jar, watching spiders weave their webs at night, and playing with ladybugs, the vibrant red color always attracted me,” she told The Epoch Times.
