Crêpe Paper,

is not a medium that we often post about,

 and if you are wondering what it is, have a look here, and one artist that knows how to use it is the Münster, Germany based illustrator and paper artist Tina Kraus, the Venus fly trap above looking just like the real thing,

 as does all of her other creations,

 and that is the beauty of using crêpe paper,

 it has a nice fine crinkly texture giving her creations that extra look,

she sculpts realistic insects, plants, and reptiles out of textured crepe paper, adding colorful details with pastel chalk and paint,

 Kraus first began using the material about two years ago, starting with common flowers and moving on to more nontraditional plants such as the Venus flytrap, most recently she has has created a gecko and several different types of insects,

when she is not building crepe paper objects, the artist works on pop-up books, paper toys, and illustrations for children’s books and magazines, You can see more of her work on Instagram and Behance, I have to say for paper creations they do look remarkably realistic.