It starts with inspiration from the natural world, as is common for artistic endeavours. Watercolour artist Vaishali Chudasama, and miniature paper cut artist Nayan Shrimali would frequently head out for birding trips; they would carry home those images and invest the natural wonders into their miniature paper art. It would continue with a sketch on paper, layers traced on 300-GSM watercolour paper, individually hand-cut, painted with precision and assembled into three-dimensional artworks with some of the smallest measuring 0.7 inches in height. The process, which takes four to eight hours for completion, has a goal behind it — to encourage people to appreciate nature.

Paper-cut artworks of an Eurasian eagle-owl