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Lots of Waste Paper People at this year’s H.C. Andersen Festivals
The programme for H.C. Andersen Festivals 2026 has now been released – and I’m delighted to be part of it. This year, I’m participating with...
Dream Creatures: A New Paper‑Cut Universe – and New Workshops
I have created a new paper‑cut universe: Dream Creatures (Drømmeskabningerne). In this universe, I work with discarded gift wrap — paper that should...
Workshop – Creating Sea Creatures at Økolariet
During the Ascension holiday, children and adults are invited to dive beneath the surface — quite literally — when I host my very first...
TV clip on TV2/Fyn
As it is Easter time, I was contacted by TV2/Fyn. They asked how I started working as a paper cutter. Was it something to do with a gækkebrev…? And...
Meet The Waste Paper People at Skjern Library
On Saturday, February 28, I have the pleasure of hosting my workshop “Help the Waste Paper People Make New Friends!” at the Ringkøbing–Skjern...
Paper Cutting Workshop at AOF Nordsjælland, Denmark
AOF Nordsjælland has invited me to host the paper cutting workshop "Hjælp Genbrugsfolket med at få nye venner!" (Help the Waste Paper People Make...
Article: From Waste to Life
For over 20 years, my work as a paper cutter has played a significant role in my life. Alongside this, I’ve spent many years working with climate...
Meet The Waste Paper People at the Climate People’s Meeting (Klimafolkemødet)!
On Saturday, August 30th, I have the pleasure of hosting my workshop “Help The Waste Paper People Make New Friends!” at the Climate People's Meeting...
Japanese students from Keiwa University in online workshop
I am holding a new Japanese online paper-cutting workshop on 27th, 2024. This is the second I have students from Keiwa University in an online paper...
Help The Waste Paper People Make New Friends!
In the project "The Waste Paper People," I try to highlight the potential in recycled materials and upcycling. I found a box of discarded wrapping...
Five Paper Cutting Workshops in Japan in One Week
I have just returned from Japan, where I conducted five paper cutting workshops, including one at Miyamoto School in Funabashi, where 200 students...
Celebrating 20 years with scissors with 2 exhibitions and 5 workshops in Japan
This year marks 20 years since I put scissors to paper for the first time. Countless hours have been spent sitting by myself and cutting and...
Online Japanese paper-cutting workshop with Keiwa University, Japan
The Danish paper cutter Torben Jarlstrøm Clausen holds a Japanese paper-cutting workshop with participants from Keiwa University in Japan
Japanese Paper Cut Workshop at Brenderup Højskole
Danish Paper Cut Artist in Japanese Paper Cut Workshop at Brenderup Højskole
Online Japanese Paper Cut Workshop
My next online workshop will be on October 1st with a Japanese audience. The workshop is organized in collaboration with Funabashi H.C. Andersen...
The Waste Paper People
I spotted the box of wrapping paper from Christmas Eve. I mean the paper that the packages had been wrapped in. If you read the sorting...
Japanese students put the scissors to the paper
Earlier this week I did a paper-cutting workshop together with Japanese students at Brenderup Højskole. I've tried it before and it's always very...
Sold out workshop at the National Nordic Museum, Seattle
I will hold an online workshop on March 26th organized by the National Nordic Museum located in Seattle, Washington. It is the first time I am...
Online Paper Cut Workshop at The American Swedish Institute in Minnesota
On January 15, I will do an online paper cut workshop with an American audience organized by the cultural organization The American Swedish...
First paper cut workshop in Japanese
Last Saturday I held a paper-cutting workshop for the Japanese Association in Denmark in connection with the association's 30th anniversary. It...
Paper Cut Workshop at the Japanese Association in Denmark
The Japanese Association in Denmark turns 30, and it will be celebrated with a large two-day event at Ollerup Folk School. The program includes,...
Japanese Paper Cut Workshop at Brenderup Folk School
I was asked by Brenderup Folk School if I wanted to do a paper cut workshop with some of the folk school's Japanese students. Of course I...
Exhibition at Vesterheim in Iowa, USA
Right now you can see the exhibition “Papirklip: A Global and Timeless Art” at Vesterheim in Iowa, USA. I am very happy to have four framed paper...
Paper cut in Nordic Northwest exhibition
Nordic Northwest from Portland in Oregon, USA is now showing the exhibition Nordic Folktales Reimagined, and I am happy to have one of my paper cuts...
2nd online Paper Cut Workshop at Scandinavia House, New York
2nd online paper cutting workshop with Scandinavia House, New York Back on demand 🙂 On August 21th 2022, I will hold an online paper cutting...
Online Paper Cut Workshop at Marine Mills Folk School, Minnesota
In 2022 I made two online paper cutting workshops with Marine Mills Folk School, which is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the US.Now there is a...
Online Paper Cut Workshop at Scandinavia House, New York
On June 12th, I am doing an online paper cut workshop for my American audiences. The workshop is organized by Scandinavia House, New York, USA. This...
New Paper Cut Universe – Men in Despair
During the hard corona shut down last year, a series of desperate faces emerged as I put the scissors to paper on quiet evenings. A whole new...
Online paper cut workshop at Scandinavian Cultural Center, Massachusetts
On May 22th, I am doing an online paper cut workshop for my American audiences. The workshop is organized by Scandinavian Cultural Center in...
New Paper Cut Universe: On the move
Warning - this post is a bit paper cut nerdy 🙂 During the corona lockdown, I - like many other people - had a lot more free time. I spent some of...
Online paper cutting workshop at the Museum of Danish America, Iowa
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....
Online activities with Vesterheim, Iowa, USA
In 2021, I have worked closely together with Vesterheim in Iowa, which is one of the largest American organizations working to disseminate knowledge...
14 online paper cut workshops in 2021
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...
American Vesterheim hosts a webinar about my paper cuts
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...
Letter with paper cuts from Japanese school children
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 online workshop – with earthquakes!
Here is a screenshot from Saturday's online workshop with Japanese participants. You can also see some of the participants' beautiful paper cuts. It...
Online paper cut workshop for Japanese school children
I just did an online workshop with 45 kids from the Narihira school, which is located in Tokyo right next to the Tokyo Skytree. It was a huge...
Japanese online paper cut workshop
I am doing my first online paper cutting workshop on March 20th, 2011 with Japanese participants. At the workshop, the Japanese participants will...
Paper cut exhibition at Kolding Library
I have just hung up an exhibition at Kolding Library, where it can be seen from December 1th to December 20th. I have not been to Kolding Library...
Paper cut workshop, art debate, and lectures in Wisconsin, USA
In May 2019, I traveled to the United States in the service of the scissors. The University of Wisconsin-Madison had invited me to attend the...
My paper cut buried deep below the new H.C. Andersen Museum
April 2th - on Hans Christian Andersen's birthday - there was a foundation stone positioning for the new H.C. Andersen's House (museum) in Odense. I...
Paper cut workshop in Elk Horn, Iowa, USA
I was busy with the scissors when I held a paper cut workshop at the Museum of Danish America in Elk Horn, USA. I was at the museum for over two...
Paper cuts for HCA Festival’s opening show
H.C. Andersen Festivals opens this year on August 19th with the dance performance “De 5 Papirklip" (The 5 paper cuts). I have made all the paper...
Danish Paper Cut Italian in RAI-TV
In the summer of 2017, Leonardo Capodarte from the Italian RAI-TV recorded me for a film documentary about Denmark. Among other things, he filmed me...
Paper Cut Workshop for a Japanese delegation
A Japanese delegation with 11 participants is on a week's cultural visit to Denmark. In addition to seeing Copenhagen, they came to Odense to take...
Press coverage on Japanese exhibition
From Nagashima san, our contact person at the Hans Christian Andersen Park in Funabashi, Japan, I have received some press coverage about the...
TV-Program about my exhibition and workshop in Japan
I have been in the studio at Danish TV2/Fyn where I talked about my exhibition and workshop in Japan, which I made together with Soundartist Robert...
A New exhibition in Japan with paper cuts, sound ad photos
Together with the Soundartist Robert Cole Rizzi, I have developed an innovative exhibition that uniquely combines paper cuts, sound, and...
Article in The Norwegian American
There was an envelope from the United States in the mailbox today. It was the paper edition of the paper "The Norwegian American" from May 19th. The...
A new exhibition in Japan
The Soundartist Robert Cole Rizzi and the Photographer Karen Relster and I show the exhibition "The sound of the scissors' redemption of the paper...