"Paper Birds" in progress

I just finished proofing the 1st laser print out of my upcoming paper craft book "Paper Birds". Good folks at Lark Books worked so hard to squeeze in as many projects as possible, but due to a smaller page number of this book than that of my previous "Paper Pups", they could only put in 29 projects. Well, I guess that's good news to my readers. They will have more free online bonus projects! Here are snippets of the book pages in progress. The release date of this book is June 3rd 2014.

Paper Birds photo shoot

This week I drove down to Asheville, NC for a photo shoot of my upcoming papercraft book, "Paper Birds". I spent 3 days in my publisher Lark Books' studio working as a stylist with the designer Shannon Yokeley and their photographer Steve Mann. We photographed 40 paper birds including baby owls and baby penguins. Shannon is such a perfectionist. She doesn't get satisfied until she gets near perfect shots. I admire that. Thanks to her, the photographs turned out really nice. My birds looked much better than I had imagined. Below are snapshots of the photo session.

Here is Shannon teaching a trick to multicolored Canaries on a stick.

Here is Steve in a staring contest with a Pelican.

A happy family of Horned Owls on the computer screen.

This book is scheduled to hit the book stores in June 2014. Just like my previous books, it will have templates to copy and cut, and step-by-step instructions. I will update on the book's progress in my later posts.