Art meets nature in drawings pasted on the streets of Paris – in pictures

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.”

• Petite Nature is at Le Cabinet d’Amateur, Paris, from 25 January