by Torben | Jan 28, 2022 | engelsk
On January 30th, I am doing an online paper cut workshop for my American audiences. The workshop is organized by the Museum of Danish America, USA. Museum of Danish America is located in Iowa in the Midwest, which is an area of the United States where many Danish...
by Torben | Nov 18, 2021 | engelsk
In 2021, I have worked closely together with Vesterheim in Iowa, which is one of the largest American organizations working to disseminate knowledge about Scandinavian language, cooking, crafts and art – including paper cut. In light of COVID-19,...
by Torben | Nov 16, 2021 | engelsk
In this time with a corona pandemic, it is not easy to make physical paper cut workshops. New solutions are needed! That is why I have started to do online paper cut workshops for Danish, Japanese, and American audiences. In the photo, you can see how I have organized...
by Torben | Sep 20, 2021 | engelsk
Sunday night was a pretty exciting night to be a Danish paper cut artist. The American cultural organization Vesterheim from Iowa had invited me to participate in a webinar about my paper cuts. There were around 80 participants in the webinar. Later this year I will...
by Torben | Jun 18, 2021 | engelsk
The corona lockdown earlier this year, which in many ways was a tough time, boosted my online paper cut workshops with Danish, American, and Japanese participants. So in the middle of this sad lockdown, something exciting happened to me. In March 2021, I did two...
by Torben | Mar 18, 2021 | engelsk
Here is a screenshot from Saturday’s online workshop with Japanese participants. You can also see some of the participants’ beautiful paper cuts. It was a good experience, although it also became dramatic at one point. Suddenly I could see that the...