It Almost Seems Unbelievable,

that these birds are made from paper,

 but they are, all photographs © Diana Beltran Herrera, they are the painstaking work of Colombian artist Diana Beltran Herrera,

 as it happens we have featured her work before,

 “I really got to ‘know’ the birds: I collected a lot of photos and I studied them in books,” Beltran Herrera told Flow Magazine about the artistic process. “I made an archive with different views, colors and special information. To make them, I first choose a profile and draw them — the wings, the feet, the face — in Illustrator. My work is half digital, half handmade. I print everything and cut it before I put it together. It takes me at least four days to make one bird.”

 “I only use paper, and some wire for the feet,” the artist said. “I paint them myself; I add watercolor to the paper to get the tone I need. I use very basic, daily materials and transform them into something that has more value. With my work I want to show people that you can make great things with the simplest material you can find: paper. You only need time and imagination.”

 “My work is nothing different or new, it is just a representation of something that is real, and somehow it has an impact,” Beltran Herrera told Smithsonian Magazine. “More than creating birds, the real aim of what I do is to use this work as a model to exercise a behavior. It is an invitation to rediscover what is there, to see further and understand we are not alone here. We are part of a big system, and, as that, we need to learn how to respect and relate.” to see more of this talented artists work, have a look at her Instagram page, what an amazing way to use paper as a medium.