Hummingbird

Mui-Ling Teh

Hummingbird

The golden bird folded from a 15×15mm piece of paper (also featured in my Surprise! and Love Birds ready to drink some nectar out of a paper flower folded from a 6×6mm piece of paper.

For a better idea of scale:

Hummingbird belongs to the following groups:

Animal Kingdom, Art in Math, As Is, Cutest of the Cute, Japanfluence, Live, Love, Dream: , Object Studies & Concepts, The Birds and Vibrant and Vivid Color Available for sale as

Greeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints and Framed Prints

Hummingbird by Mui-Ling Teh
Hummingbird by Mui-Ling Teh
  • coppertrees

    coppertrees

    What a delight these are, you are wonderful with these

  • Lori Peters

    Lori Peters

    So beautiful, Mui-Ling!!! Amazing work.

  • Gregory John O'Flaherty

    Gregory John O...

    Amazing. How do you do it ? I hope you realise you should become a neurosurgeon

  • Mui-Ling Teh replied

    A few others have suggested that. Well, for one I typically I can’t bear to look into a human body. Secondly, I’ve already been studying architecture for so long, and suddenly becoming something is a waste of many years of study… admittedly I sometimes wonder whether I really want to continue in that direction; life too short and busy.

  • Michelle BarlondSmith

    Michelle Barlo...

    amazing work – bravo

  • Mui-Ling Teh replied

    Thanks for adding me to your watchlist. I had noticed a while ago you’ve commented two of my other works. I just saw this comment right after replying to another and then realized you had just started watching me =). Thank you very much!

  • pinkyjain

    pinkyjain

    Such tiny details, such beautiful intracacies, marvelous Mui-Ling

  • Mui-Ling Teh replied

    Thank you very much Lisa; always appreciated :D

  • linaji

    linaji

    A world for the sweet bird.. feeding is important! Beautiful Mui-Ling.

  • cherokee

    cherokee

    Beautiful

  • Tania Rose

    Tania Rose

    gorgeous!

  • Karin  Taylor

    Karin Taylorcommunity helper

    it’s really delightful Mui-Ling….the lighting is lovely also

  • Mui-Ling Teh replied

    Thanks Karin! I tend to make most of my origami shots in black and white but a shiny bird does look better in color!

  • cherylc1

    cherylc1

    wow-fabulous!

  • mingtees

    mingtees

    so amazing – and nice to see some in color too.

  • Mui-Ling Teh replied

    Thanks for the comment and the fav Amy! Yeah for a golden bird it’s nicer in color.

  • Adam Stone

    Adam Stone

    What an incredible gift you have Mui-ling. How you manage to create something so tiny and so elegantly just boogles my mind. I have enough trouble folding an A4 sheet of paper in half (!), let alone creating something as amazing and as beautiful as your hummingbird. You are certainly a rare and most precious flower.

  • Mui-Ling Teh replied

    Aww shucks Adz, that’s the first time for me to be called a flower :) Well I didn’t have your drawing talent at age 15! I find this quite relaxing to do; I spent most of yesterday cleaning the house cuz I’m having guests today, and I took this at night after I took a shower (maybe that’s why my finger is sparkly :P). Well I still got some more cleaning to do!

  • Tyler Thomas

    Tyler Thomas

    Wow. I can barely tie my shoes. Great coordination.

  • Gail Bridger

    Gail Bridger

    It’s a fantastic talent you have, Mui-Ling Teh! Very Nice!

  • Adam Stone

    Adam Stone

    Good luck with your cleaning Mui-ling! Make sure you keep those talented hands of yours safe and sound :-)

  • frozenfa

    frozenfa

    oooO!!! this is precious!! =D
    i’ve been wanting to say this.. your fingers look really cute in photos~ hehe.. it’s like so cute and chubby, and your short fingernails make the whole piece friendly looking, and it makes the whole piece alot more amazing cos it’s like your origami is so so small as compared to your finger! =D

  • Mui-Ling Teh replied

    My fingers are chubby 0 _ 0 ? Well I suppose when only showing my fingertips and having them with my little origami they would look that way. My fingernails are short; when cut all the way they are way below my fingertips compared to other people’s fingernails; but they are so annoying when not clipped. It doesn’t look as pretty as typical fingernails though I don’t really care so much about it since I’m a tomboy :P. And thanks for the fav :D

  • frozenfa

    frozenfa

    eeeeh.. as in cute fingers!! not saying that you got fat fingers, cos if anything, i got fat fingers, i can wear keychain rings for my finger.. just saying your finger looks errr… cutely rounded, in contrast to folded paper origami? oh dear.. n_n”

  • Mui-Ling Teh replied

    I know what you mean. Most female fingers are a bit pointy, mine are round. I guess that’s why I have short fingernails.

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