
Visual effects artist Vaishali Chudasama and her partner, furniture and interior designer Nayan Shrimali, create shockingly-lifelike miniature-scale birds, animals, and occasionally portraits from paper. The pair started their career together as miniature model makers, then moved onto dioramas and tiny, perfect paper sculptures inspired by the natural world they love.
“Through our art we want to share the beauty and significance of these birds with people. [We] hope that people also understand the significance of birds in their lives and help to save them.”
-Nayan Shrimali and Vaishali Chudasama
The conservation-minded couple feel that as our climate changes, we must change with it. Their aim is not just to make beautiful art but also to educate. N&V began 2018 with a 30-day challenge, making a new miniature every day for the whole month of January. Then when February rolled around, the prolific pair just kept going. The 30-day challenge somehow became a full on 365-day challenge, and now, they’re calling it a 730-day challenge. (I know how that goes…)
As is often the case with my favorite artists, I had a devil of a time choosing which of their pieces to include because they are all so mind-blowingly wonderful! If you like what you see (and I predict you will), I really recommend you go scroll through their Instagram. It’s a marvel.
You can see all of the wonderful creations by NVillustration in their Etsy shop and on Facebook and Instagram.
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Author: Donna from MyOBT
I have committed to spending part of every day looking for at least one beautiful thing, and sharing what I find with you lovelies!
April 10, 2019 at 7:56 am
Wow! You bring such beautiful and stunning art our way, Donna. I often sit in front of the screen with my mouth wide open when I look at your posts. Thank you heaps for finding all these wonders and sharing it with us.
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April 10, 2019 at 2:49 pm
How kind of you to say that! Thank you!
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April 11, 2019 at 1:11 am
You are most welcome.
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April 10, 2019 at 8:14 am
Aren’t the perfectly grand? I would love to be able to do something like this but….no…my short fat fingers just can’t.
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April 10, 2019 at 2:49 pm
Your short fat fingers do just fine!
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April 10, 2019 at 8:30 am
Thanks Donna, I enjoyed your post!
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April 10, 2019 at 2:49 pm
Iโm very glad you did!
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April 10, 2019 at 9:00 pm
Wow.
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April 11, 2019 at 11:57 am
Wow is right!
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April 10, 2019 at 10:56 pm
Oh, these are just splendid! And Iโm going to start calling pigeons โrock dovesโ from now on.
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April 11, 2019 at 12:00 pm
Hahahaha. That reminds me of Shrek when Fiona calls Doney a noble steed. Didn’t make it so, but he sure enjoyed it!
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