$48.00
- Hardcover
200 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2025
Summary
As a nature artist, Niels Meyer-Westfeld has drawn horns, hooves, skin, scales, and fur, but nothing is as versatile as feathers. In this book he explores the feathers of Aotearoa’s native birds, from the long wing feathers of an albatross that enable it to soar endlessly over the oceans, to the tiny, insulating feathers of a penguin.
Feathers are one of nature’s most remarkable evolutionary developments, an ingenious solution to the countless environmental challenges that birds face.…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781988550770 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1988550777 |
| Author: | Niels Meyer-Westfeld |
| Publisher: | Potton & Burton |
| Imprint: | Potton & Burton |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 200 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 1.22kg |
| Dimensions: | 32mm x 268mm x 271mm |
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About The Author
Niels Meyer-Westfeld
Niels Meyer-Westfeld trained in Germany and worked as a graphic designer in the UK before emigrating to New Zealand in 2002. He was a senior designer at NZ Post before joining his wife’s fashion business in charge of marketing, web development and graphic design. He currently works as a freelance designer. Niels has always had a passion for nature and illustration, and his fascination with New Zealand’s unique natural history led him to produce his lauded first book, ‘Land of Birds’, and now this second book. He lives with his wife and two sons in Wellington.
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