Nature Helps The Artist Finish His Paper Cutouts

Can you perceive the world through the eyes of animals? With Nikolai Tolstyh’s silhouettes, you can. This artist uses a piece of paper to carve out animal shapes. He then takes a shot of nature through the crack. You can observe the innovative animal form and color combinations, and intriguing visual composition.

When photographed through a hedgehog outline, a tree stump with a leaf becomes a bundle of quills with an impaled apple. Nikolai Tolstyh is a natural artisan, a journalist, a bibliophile, and an art enthusiast.

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