Hi !! I am Venus, I am a Paper cut artist based in India. I have a background in Visual Effects and animation and my partner Nayan Shrimali has done Furniture and Interior designing . We both started our career together as miniature model makers. After working for two years in the industry we started our own studio (NV illustration) on 25th December 2015. We make Hand painted Paper cut artworks and dioramas, our artworks are inspired from nature around us.

HERE IS A LITTLE STORY ABOUT OUR JOURNEY IN THE WORLD OF BIRDS AND ANIMALS,

We started birding in 2017, our story began on a rainy day. We were at our favourite place, a water canal near our studio and a Golden Oriole flew above our head. At that time we didn’t knew what bird was that, but his bright yellow colour caught our eye. We were so mesmerised by that beautiful bird, we just kept looking at him. We came next day to find him but he wasn’t there so from that very day our search for the Oriole began and it took us to many different places where we discovered other birds like Drongo, Stilts,Cormorants, Ducks and many more. We were so fascinated by all these different species of birds living around us which people are not aware about. We decided to share the beauty and significance of these birds with the common people through our art. We took up this challenge of making highly detailed birds every single day and in a miniature size so that it creates more curiosity for the viewers and engage them in learning more about the birds.

We started our series on 1st January 2018, initially we started it as a 30 days challenge but after the completion of our first month we got an amazing response from the people. So we decided to continue it for the whole year. But after the first year we couldn’t stop because there are so many other species which needs conservation and the common people needs to know them. So finally we extended our challenge to 1000 artworks and included Animals and plants also in it. Now we are done with more than 900 artworks and still going strong.

We have dedicated these series to our little feather friends as gesture of thankfulness for their immense love and support in our lives. Hope that people also understands the significance of birds and animals in their lives and help to save them

My Etsy shop has artworks from my 1000 days of miniature art series and also includes my other miniature paper cut art.

Hope you guys will enjoy a little walk in my Mini jungle.

"Climate is changing we should also change now"