Steeven Salvat’s Petite Nature works begin with dried flowers and plants collected from forests and fields around Paris. The artist draws creatures around them, focusing on small animals. “For me, a salamander, a mouse or a gecko are as important as a lion or a panda,” he says. The China ink drawings are then attached to the city’s streets using wheat paste. “The first time I pasted in the street was a gamechanger: it made me realise how different the impact of my drawings was when they are three metres high in a lovely street. It’s always fun to share a moment with the people passing by when the work is in progress.”
