In 2012,

Bristol-based artist,

 Diana Beltrán Herrera began sculpting impeccably layered paper birds and other wildlife as a way to record her surroundings,

 Her lifelike pieces continuously have captured nature’s finely detailed and minuscule elements, 

 Beltrán Herrera’s upcoming projects include a commission for a coral sculpture, in addition to plans to launch a studio with her brother by the end of 2020,

 Her hope is to merge graphic and digital design with her paper pieces, potentially adding in animation, as well. Ultimately, her goal is to dive into larger projects. “I don’t see my work as something I want to know how to make and stay safe, but as a challenge, that will always allow me to wonder how to execute and create things that were never made with paper,” she says,

 and here is how she makes one of her sculptures,

and here is one she made earlier! to see more of Beltrán Herrera’s creative process and follow her future pieces, head to Behance and Instagram.