Exotic Birds made using Flower Petals

Red hong yi, the Malaysian artist has developed a collection of exotic birds rendered in flower petals.

Each month, Red selects a new material for experimentation and in the ‘flower-bird’ compilation, she carefully layers the delicate pieces on top of each other to create the portraits.

Parrot made from butterfly peas and gerberas

Flamingos made from pink gerberas and twigs

Dodo made from white, pink and orange chrysanthemum flowers

Peacock made from butterfly pea flowers, bottlebrush leaves, coconut leaf sticks, alamandas / trumpet flowers

northern cardinal made of red gerberas and deep purple chrysanthemums with dill

the making of the northern cardinal

rooster made from gerberas and leaves

flamingos made from pink gerberas and twigs

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