In Conversation With Nibha Sikander

Having spent a considerable amount of her childhood — and currently living — in the coastal town of Murud-Janjira, Maharashtra, artist Nibha Sikander's fascination for the natural world comes as no surprise. Her practice involves using layer upon layer of intricately cut out, coloured card paper to create lifelike critters, birds and moths — both real and imagined — in all their marbled and mottled glory.